Robert Parry (journalist)

Robert Parry
Robert Parry
Born	Robert Earle Parry; June 24, 1949; Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died	January 27, 2018 (aged 68); Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Alma mater	Colby College
Occupation	Investigative journalist
Employers	Middlesex Daily News (pre-1974); Associated Press (1974–1987); Newsweek (1987–1990); PBS (1990, 1991, 1992); Consortium News (1995–2018);
Known for	Reporting on: Iran–Contra affair; CIA/Contra drug trafficking in U.S.; 1980 October Surprise theory;
Spouse	Diane Duston
Children	4
Awards	George Polk Award (1984); I. F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence (2015); Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism (2017);
Website	consortiumnews.com

Robert Earle Parry (June 24, 1949 – January 27, 2018) was an American investigative journalist. He covered the Iran–Contra affair for the Associated Press (AP) and Newsweek, and was known for breaking controversial stories in the 1980s and '90s, including an alleged CIA-Contra partnership to traffic cocaine in the U.S., a CIA-provided assassination manual used by the Nicaraguan Contras, and the "October Surprise" theory regarding the 1980 U.S. presidential election.

He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 and the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence by Harvard's Nieman Foundation in 2015. Parry was the editor of Consortium News from 1995 until his death in 2018.