Investigative journalist, writer, and media critic whose work centered on exposing corporate, medical, and governmental malfeasance and corruption. Before entering journalism, Mintz served as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy, including a position as a transport ship commanding officer during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. After World War II, Mintz began his newspaper career in St. Louis. He joined The Washington Post in 1958, where he wrote until his professional retirement in 1988. Among many stories, Mintz’s investigative body of work includes the 1962 thalidomide prescription drug scandal, the spying by General Motors on consumer advocate Ralph Nader in 1966, and the damage caused by the Dalkon Shield contraceptive IUD of the 1970s-80s. After retirement, Mintz chaired the Fund for Investigative Journalism and served as a senior advisor to the Nieman Watchdog Project at Harvard University. Mintz’s honors include receiving the George Polk Award from Long Island University and serving as the namesake of the Morton Mintz Fund for Comparative Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism.