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'''Jeremy Scahill''' is an [[United States|American]] [[investigative journalism|investigative journalist]]. His comprehensive analysis of the subjects he reports on have established him as a leading expert on several global issues, including the rise of PMCs within the recent years. He serves as a correspondent for the U.S. radio and TV program [[Democracy Now!]]. He is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, and a frequent contributor to ''[[The Nation]]'' magazine.<ref> [http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/jeremy_scahill The Nation] </ref> Scahill and colleague [[Amy Goodman]] were co-recipients of the 1998 [[George Polk Awards|George Polk Award]] for their radio documentary, "Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship", which documented the [[Chevron Corporation]]'s role in the killing of two [[Nigeria]]n [[environmentalism|environmental activists]].<ref>[http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/release1.html Polk Awards press release]</ref>
Scahill has reported from post-invasion [[Iraq]]; from the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|former Yugoslavia]], where he covered the [[1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|1999 NATO bombing]]<ref> [http://www.selvesandothers.org/view57.html Selves and Others] </ref>; and from post-[[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]] [[Louisiana]].<ref> [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/16/1222257 Democracy Now!] </ref> He has been a vocal critic of [[private military contractor]]s, in particular, [[Blackwater USA]], the subject of his book, ''[[Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army]]''.<ref>464 pages; published by Nation Books, New York, N.Y. 2007: ISBN 1560259795</ref> The book was the focus of a two-part interview and discussion with [[Amy Goodman]] on [[Democracy Now!]] in March 2007<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/20/1337226 part one]; [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/21/1340210 part two]</ref>. Up until 1998, he was a regular contributor to the
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