Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey

Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey are a married couple and former journalistic duo who reported on the 1979 Uganda–Tanzania War and Central America in the 1980s. They were unsuccessful plaintiffs in Avirgan v. Hull (1986), a civil suit alleging responsibility for the La Penca bombing, which injured Avirgan.[1][2] Philip Chrimes credits Honey with, "perhaps more than any other journalist, help[ing] to blow the cover on the illegal North-Secord Contra resupply operation".[3] Journalist Ed Hooper described Avirgan and Honey's book War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin as an "outstanding eyewitness account" and an "excellent source" on the Uganda–Tanzania War.[4]

Their son, Jody Avirgan, is also a journalist.[5][6]

Awards

In 1988, Honey received a Centre for Investigative Journalism Award in the Radio category for an Iran-Contra story that aired the year before on Sunday Morning on CBC Radio.[7]

Works

• Avirgan, Tony; Honey, Martha (1983). War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin. Tanzania Publishing House. ISBN 978-9976-1-0056-3.
• Avirgan, Tony; Honey, Martha, eds. (1987). La Penca: On Trial in Costa Rica : the CIA Vs. the Press. Editorial Porvenir. ISBN 978-9977-944-16-6.
• Honey, Martha (1994). Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-1250-6.[3]
• Honey, Martha (1999). Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise?. Island Press. ISBN 978-1-55963-582-0.[8][9]

References

1. Roberts, George (2014). "The Uganda–Tanzania War, the fall of Idi Amin, and the failure of African diplomacy, 1978–1979". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 8 (4): 692–709. doi:10.1080/17531055.2014.946236. S2CID 146456572.
2. Berlet, Chip (May 1993). "Big stories, spooky sources". Columbia Journalism Review. 32 (1): 67. ProQuest 230337891.
3. Chrimes, Philip (1994). "Hostile acts: US policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s". International Affairs. 70 (4): 837. doi:10.2307/2624658. JSTOR 2624658.
4. Hooper 1999, p. 900.
5. "Jody Avirgan to Launch Political History Podcast With Radiotopia | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
6. Lei, Richard (3 June 1995). "A VACATION AT CLUB RED". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
7. "Expose wins top journalism award". Calgary Herald (Sunday ed.). The Canadian Press. March 27, 1988. p. A8.
8. Rome, Abigail (2009). "Book Review". Journal of Ecotourism. 8 (1): 74–76. Bibcode:2009JEcot...8...74R. doi:10.1080/14724040802586414. S2CID 216138796.
9. Morehead, Jeff D (30 April 2000). "Honey, Martha. Ecotourism and sustainable development: who owns paradise?". Counterpoise. 4 (1/2). Gainesville: 54. ProQuest 227968183.

Works cited

• Hooper, Edward (1999). The River: A Journey Back to the Source of HIV and AIDS. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-7139-9335-6.