Question: Richard Miniter is an investigative journalist who wrote for a liberal American magazine which was owned by who in 2014?

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Paul Radu: Paul Radu is an investigative journalist based in Bucharest, Romania.  He is the director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.  He is also one of the cofounders of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism.  He investigates transnational crime in Eastern Europe.  He has received multiple international awards for his journalism.  He believes that journalists should not be activists, but should rather trust that objective journalism is a sufficient contribution to whatever causes one might otherwise advocate.  He teaches at the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Summer School of Investigative Reporting.  In 2008, he sat on a Central European Initiative jury to name that year's best investigative journalist; the jury chose Drago Hedl.  In 2009, he appeared on "48 Hours" investigating sexual slavery and human trafficking in Romania.  He has also investigated human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Lisa Chedekel: Lisa S. Chedekel is an American investigative journalist.  At the "Hartford Courant" in 1998 she was on the team that provided "clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself", and won next year's Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting with that citation.  Still at the "Courant" in 2006, she wrote stories on military mental health care won some national awards.  She and Matthew Kauffman were finalists for the Investigative Reporting Pulitzer, citing "their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories."  In 2002, she was one of a few American journalists to visit and report from Saudi Arabia.  She continues to write for media publications in the New England region.  In December 2010, she co-founded the Connecticut Health Investigative Team (www.c-hit.org), a non-profit investigative news service focusing on health and safety.

Sarah Jane Smith: Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running BBC Television science fiction series "Doctor Who" and two of its spin-offs.  In the fictional universe of "Doctor Who" and its spin-offs, Sarah Jane is a dogged investigative journalist who first encounters alien time traveller the Doctor while trying to break a story on a top secret research facility, and subsequently becomes his travelling companion on a series of adventures spanning the breadth of space and time.  After travelling with the Doctor in four seasons of the show they suddenly part ways, and after this she continues to investigate strange goings-on back on Earth.  Over time, Sarah Jane establishes herself as a committed defender of Earth from alien invasions and other threats, occasionally reuniting with the Doctor in the course of her own adventures, all the while continuing to work as a freelance investigative journalist.

The New Republic: The New Republic is a liberal American magazine of commentary on politics and the arts published since 1914, with influence on American political and cultural thinking.  Founded in 1914 by major leaders of the Progressive Movement, it attempted to find a balance between a progressivism focused on humanitarianism and moral passion, and on the other hand sought a basis in scientific analysis of social issues.  It supported American entry into World War One, but discarded much of its faith in the possibility of a scientific liberalism.  After the 1980s it incorporated elements of conservatism.  In 2014, two years after Chris Hughes purchased the magazine, he ousted its editor and attempted to remake its format and operations, provoking the resignation of the majority of its editors and writers.  In early 2016, Hughes announced he was putting the magazine up for sale, indicating the need for "new vision and leadership".  It was sold in February 2016 to Win McCormack.

Donald L. Barlett: Donald L. Barlett (born July 17, 1936) is an American investigative journalist and author who often collaborates with James B. Steele.  According to The Washington Journalism Review (Magazine) they were a better investigative reporting team than even Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.  Together they have won two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Magazine Awards and six George Polk Awards.  In addition, they have been recognized by their peers with awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors on five separate occasions.  They are known for their reporting technique of delving deep into documents and then, after what could be a long investigative period, interviewing the necessary sources.  The duo has been working together for over 40 years and is frequently referred to as Barlett and Steele.

Martin Boudot: Martin Boudot is a French investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Paris, France.  He is part of Premières Lignes Télévision, a TV press agency specialized in investigative journalism.  Since 2012, he has been working for "Cash Investigation", the award-winning investigative magazine broadcast on France 2, the French national TV news network.  He has won the 2015 DIG Award, the European investigative documentary of the year for "The real price of your mobile phone".  He was among the 2015 and 2017 finalists of the Albert Londres Prize, the highest French journalistic distinction.

William Bastone: William Bastone (born July 24, 1961) is editor and co-founder of The Smoking Gun website.  In 1997, Bastone and his wife, who is a graphic designer, created The Smoking Gun.  In 1984, Bastone worked as an investigative journalist for "The Village Voice".  He started at "The Village Voice" as an intern, then worked his way up to being a contributing writer, then ended as a staff writer and investigative journalist.  As an investigative journalist, he was responsible for covering City Hall, criminal justice issues, and writing about five of New York's most famous mafia families.  The SmokingGun.com was then bought by Court TV in 2000, enabling Bastone to quit his job with "The Village Voice".  He also co-wrote a book titled "The Smoking Gun: A Dossier of Secret, Surprising, and Salacious Documents".

Ross Kemp: Ross Kemp (born 21 July 1964) is an English actor, author and BAFTA award-winning investigative journalist.  He rose to prominence in the role of Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders".  Since 2004, Kemp has received international recognition as an investigative journalist for his critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary series.

People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy: The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy ("Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie" or PPRD) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  It is the political structure established by the current president of the country, Joseph Kabila.  Forbes writer Richard Miniter documented the wealth of Joseph Kabila, estimated at US $15 billion in offshore banks in the British Virgin Islands, accumulated in just over 13 years of power.

Richard Miniter: Richard Miniter (born 1967) is an investigative journalist and author whose articles have appeared in "The New York Times", "The Washington Times", "The Washington Post", "The Wall Street Journal", "The Atlantic Monthly", "Newsweek", "The New Republic", "National Review", PJ Media, and "Reader’s Digest".  A former editorial writer and columnist for "The Wall Street Journal" in Europe, as well as a member of the investigative reporting team of the "Sunday Times" of London, he is currently the National Security columnist for "Forbes".  He also authored three "New York Times" best-selling books, "Losing bin Laden", "Shadow War", "Leading From Behind", and most recently "Eyes On Target".  In April 2014, Miniter was included by CSPAN's Brian Lamb in his book "Sundays At Eight", as one of Lamb's top 40 book author interviews of the past 25 years for Miniter's investigative work on 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

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Answer: Chris Hughes