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 ''[[Daniel Sheehan (attorney)#Avirgan v. Hull|Avirgan v. Hull]]'' (1986), a civil suit alleging responsibility for the [[La Penca bombing]], which injured Avirgan.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=George |title=The Uganda–Tanzania War, the fall of Idi Amin, and the failure of African diplomacy, 1978–1979 |journal=Journal of Eastern African Studies |date=2014 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=692–709 |doi=10.1080/17531055.2014.946236 |s2cid=146456572 |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/284104 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|230337891}} |last1=Berlet |first1=Chip |title=Big stories, spooky sources |journal=Columbia Journalism Review |volume=32 |issue=1 |date=May 1993 |pages=67 }}</ref> Philip Chrimes credits Honey with, "perhaps more than any other journalist, help[ing] to blow the cover on the illegal [[Iran–Contra affair|North-Secord Contra resupply operation]]".<ref name="Chrimes" /> Journalist [[Ed Hooper (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.{{sfn|Hooper|1999|p=900}}

Their son, [[Jody Avirgan]], is also a journalist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jody Avirgan to Launch Political History Podcast With Radiotopia {{!}} Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jody-avirgan-launch-political-history-podcast-radiotopia-1286124 |access-date=12 November 2020 |work=www.hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lei |first1=Richard |title=A VACATION AT CLUB RED |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/06/03/a-vacation-at-club-red/37ebf765-381a-4754-a1fa-0ffd6b15835e/ |access-date=12 November 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=3 June 1995}}</ref>

==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 (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]'' on ''[[CBC Radio]]''.<ref name=CIJ-1988>{{Cite news |title=Expose wins top journalism award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/484295519/ |newspaper=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=March 27, 1988 |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |page=A8 |edition=Sunday}}</ref>

==Works== *{{cite book |last1=Avirgan |first1=Tony |last2=Honey |first2=Martha |title=War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin |date=1983 |publisher=Tanzania Publishing House |isbn=978-9976-1-0056-3 |language=en}} *{{cite book |editor1-last=Avirgan |editor1-first=Tony |editor2-last=Honey |editor2-first=Martha |title=La Penca: On Trial in Costa Rica : the CIA Vs. the Press |date=1987 |publisher=Editorial Porvenir |isbn=978-9977-944-16-6 |language=en}} *{{cite book |last1=Honey |first1=Martha |title=Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s |date=1994 |publisher=University Press of Florida |isbn=978-0-8130-1250-6 |language=en}}<ref name=Chrimes>{{cite journal |last1=Chrimes |first1=Philip |title=Hostile acts: US policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s |journal=International Affairs |date=1994 |volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=837 |doi=10.2307/2624658|jstor=2624658 }}</ref> *{{cite book |last1=Honey |first1=Martha |title=Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? |date=1999 |publisher=Island Press |isbn=978-1-55963-582-0 |language=en}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rome |first1=Abigail |title=Book Review |journal=Journal of Ecotourism |date=2009 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=74–76 |doi=10.1080/14724040802586414|bibcode=2009JEcot...8...74R |s2cid=216138796 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|227968183}} |last1=Morehead |first1=Jeff D |title=Honey, Martha. Ecotourism and sustainable development: who owns paradise? |journal=Counterpoise |location=Gainesville |volume=4 |issue=1/2 |date=30 April 2000 |pages=54 }}</ref>

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=== Works cited === * {{cite book| last = Hooper| first = Edward| title = The River: A Journey Back to the Source of HIV and AIDS| publisher = Allen Lane| date = 1999| location = London| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5hMgAQAAIAAJ| isbn = 978-0-7139-9335-6}}

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