Micah Morrison

Micah Morrison is Chief Investigative Reporter for Judicial Watch and the author of Fire in Paradise: The Yellowstone Fires & the Politics of Environmentalism, published by HarperCollins. From 1994 through 2002, Micah worked for the Wall Street Journal editorial page as an investigative writer with a focus on political scandal and financial crime. He led the Whitewater investigation of the Clinton Administration and reported on union corruption, Indian casino gaming, money laundering, terrorism, and the corrupt Bank of Credit & Commerce International. Along with Editorial Page Editor Robert L. Bartley and Deputy Editorial Page Editor Melanie Kirkpatrick, he edited the six-volume series, Whitewater: A Wall Street Journal Briefing. He was nominated four times by the newspaper for the Pulitzer Prize: in the Editorial Writing category in 1997, 1998, and 1999; in the Investigative Reporting category in 2000.

In 2010 and 2011, Micah led the investigative reporting for the Fox News special, “Iran’s Nuclear Secrets.” In 2016, Micah’s work for Judicial Watch was recognized by the Retired Detectives Association of the NYPD for its “relentless investigation” into the killing of NYPD Patrolman Phillip Cardillo—a case known as “the Harlem Mosque Incident.” The group presented Micah with an “ARDY” award, its highest honor. In 2019, Micah was elected to a two-year term at New York City’s District 28 Community Education Council, serving more than 40,000 school children.