Jim Morris

Jim Morris is the executive editor of the Center for Public Integrity.

Jim Morris is the executive editor of the Center for Public Integrity. A journalist since 1978 and former managing editor for the Center’s environment and workers’ rights team, Morris has won more than 80 awards for his work, including the George Polk award, the Sidney Hillman award, three National Association of Science Writers awards, two Edward R. Murrow awards and five Texas Headliners awards.

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A common fertilizer can cause explosions. Uneven regulation puts people at risk.

January 28, 2020Growing Food, Sowing Trouble

Nearly seven years after a blast in Texas killed 15 people and injured 260, oversight of ammonium nitrate remains a patchwork and public information is scarce