Nigel Jaquiss (born 1962) is a journalist who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, for his work exposing governor of Oregon Neil Goldschmidt's alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl while he was mayor of Portland, Oregon. His story was published in Willamette Week in May 2004. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... The Pulitzer Prizes for 2005 were announced on 2005-04-04. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1985 for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series. ... The Governor of Oregon is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. ... Neil Edward Goldschmidt (born June 16, 1940) is a former politician and businessman living in the State of Oregon and a member of the United States Democratic Party. ... This is a partial list of mayors that have been employed by the city of Portland, Oregon. ... Portland skyline. ... The Willamette Week is an alternative newsweekly published in Portland, Oregon. ...

Jaquiss graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984; he spent eleven years as a Wall Street and Singapore-based crude oil trader, working for Cargill, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Wanting a career change, he enrolled at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and got his master's degee in 1997. He began his journalism career in Portland in January 1998. For other uses of the name Dartmouth, see Dartmouth Dartmouth College is a private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ... View up Wall Street from Pearl Street Wall Street is the name of a narrow thoroughfare in lower Manhattan running east from Broadway downhill to the East River. ... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Latin petrus – rock and oleum – oil), mineral oil, or crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths... Minnesota-based Cargill is the worlds largest privately held corporation, with 2004 revenues of US$62. ... Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) is an investment bank and retail broker based in New York. ... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of the most prestigious schools of journalism in the United States. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Story-behind-the-story

Jaquiss almost lost his prize-winning scoop when he and his editor (Mark Zusman) decided to give Goldschmidt a full week to respond to the allegations the weekly was planning to make. Goldschmidt, who had previously told Zusman to "go get 'em" after a lunch in the middle of the paper's investigation, took his story to the The Oregonian instead. The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. ...

Zusman told the newspaper industry magazine Editor & Publisher that he and Jaquiss decided to post the story online immediately, so as not to risk being beat by the daily. Editor & Publisher (E&P) is a now-monthly journal covering the North American newspaper industry. ...

External links and sources

• Biography from the Pulitzer website
• The 30-Year Secret: a crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon, his prize-winning Willamette Week story
• Muckracker, a November 2004 story-behind-the-story published in the Portland Monthly
• List of Willamette Week stories by Jaquiss
• Feature story on Jaquiss from The Dartmouth