Florence Graves

Areas of Expertise

Journalism; Politics; Gender Issues

Email: fgraves@brandeis.edu

Current Project

Directing Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism’s on-going projects in Gender & Justice, Social & Political Justice, and the Justice Brandeis Innocence Project.

Biography

Florence George Graves is the founding director of Brandeis University’s Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, where a staff of journalists do major investigative projects on issues related to political and social justice. The Institute, the first investigative reporting center based at a university, involves students as research assistants, giving them a unique opportunity. As an investigative reporter and magazine editor, Ms. Graves’s work has focused on exposing political, government and corporate abuses of power, particularly in Washington, and led to a number of congressional hearings, government probes and several reforms in public policies.

Working as an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, she broke the story exposing sexual misconduct allegations about Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon, which led to his resignation. She founded the national political and investigative journal, Common Cause Magazine. Her work has been recognized nationally and she is a recipient of many awards, including the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award.  She is also a recipient of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, which honors the editing and overall presentation, content and design of a magazine. For six years she taught students how to create and edit magazines at George Washington University.

Education

M.S., University of Arizona

B.S. Ed., University of Texas at Austin

Representative Publications

Graves, Florence and Kehaulani, Sara. “Boeing Parts and Rules Bent, Whistleblowers Say.” The Washington Post, April 17, 2006, A01


Graves, Florence. “Packwood Accused of Sexual Advance.” Washington Post 22 Nov. 1992: A01.

Links

Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism