Question: When was the American journalist who investigated  one of those that investigated the current state of our planet  born? 

Context articles: SpaceCollective
John Githongo
Planet in Peril
The Wrecking Crew (book)
Closure (atmospheric science)
Jane Corbin
Frederic Franklyn Van de Water
Anderson Cooper
Fredric Dannen
Richard Brock

SpaceCollective is a community driven website where information and ideas are being exchanged about the current state of our species, our planet and the universe.
 The website, founded by film-maker Rene Daalder in collaboration with interactive designer Folkert Gorter, went public at the end of 2007, and is now occupied by more than 2500 contributors.
 Gorter is besides the site's interaction designer also the main curator of the "SpaceCollective Gallery", a showcase of images and texts.
 The system architecture and technology of the website is created by Josh Pangell.
 A series of videos is presented on the website called ""The Future of Everything"".
 These episodes are edited by Aaron Ohlmann and produced by American Scenes Inc; executive producer: Joseph Kaufman.
 The website's slogan is ""Where forward thinking terrestrials exchange ideas and information about the state of the species, their planet and the universe, living the lives of science fiction today"".
John Githongo (born 1965) is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in his home country (Kenya) and later, under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, he took on an official governmental position to fight corruption.
 In 2005 he left that position, later accusing top ministers of large-scale fraud.
 In the anglo-leasing corruption which he blew the lid over, fraudulent deliveries of government military and forensic laboratory equipment were allegedly ordered, "delivered" and the payment completed in the current president- Uhuru Kenyatta's tenure.
 The story of his fight against corruption is told in Michela Wrong's book "It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower".
Planet in Peril is a two-part, four-hour documentary on CNN that premiered on October 23, 2007, broadcast in the CNN Presents format.
 It also aired as a special presentation on December 2 and 3, 2007 on Animal Planet & Animal Planet HD.
 CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin investigate the current state of our planet, focusing on four major areas: global warming, overpopulation, deforestation and species loss.
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule (August 2008) is a book written by American journalist and historian Thomas Frank, which explores the current state of conservative Washington.
A closure experiment in atmospheric science is a combination of different measurement techniques to describe the current state of the investigated system as fully as possible, and to find inaccuracies in one or some of the methods involved.
 The comparison of different types of measurement often involves model calculations, which may also be tested in this process.
Jane Phillipa Corbin (born 16 July 1954) is a British journalist and film-maker who has made over a hundred documentaries mainly for the BBC and its current affairs programme "Panorama".
 She specialises in covering Central Asia, the Middle East and terrorism and has investigated many of the major human rights issues and global political and military events over the past three decades.
Frederic Franklyn Van de Water (1890-1968) was an American journalist and writer.
 He was an honorary sergeant in the New York State Troopers.
 In 1924, he travelled in the West Indies investigated and reported about rum pirates and Chinese smugglers.
Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American journalist, television personality, and author.
 He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show "Anderson Cooper 360°".
 The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live from CNN's studios in Washington, D.C., or on location for breaking news stories.
 In addition, he is a major correspondent for "60 Minutes".
Fredric Dannen is an American journalist and author.
 He is best known for his landmark book "Hit Men: Powerbrokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business" (1990), which investigated the behind-the-scenes dealings of the major American record labels in the 1970s and 1980s, focussing on the careers of leading CBS Records executives Walter Yetnikoff and Dick Asher.
 "Hit Men" came in second on Billboard_(magazine) list of "100 Greatest Music Books of All Time"
Richard Brock (born 1938) worked in the BBC as a natural history film producer for 35 years.
 He was a member of the production team on the highly successful "Life on Earth", and served as executive producer on "The Living Planet", collaborating with David Attenborough.
 Concerned by the lack of willingness to address the real current state of the environment he left the BBC and started his own independent production company, Living Planet Productions, which has made over 100 films on a wide range of environmental topics.