Alexandra Berzon
| Alexandra Berzon | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Reporter |
| Notable credit(s) | Las Vegas Sun and The Wall Street Journal |
| Website | |
| http://www.lasvegassun.com/staff/alexandra-berzon/stories/ | |
Alexandra Berzon is an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering Las Vegas, Nevada. She is best known for a series of investigative stories on construction worker deaths on the Las Vegas Strip for which her paper, the Las Vegas Sun, received a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, and 2009 The Hillman Prize.
Berzon was given special recognition by the Pulitzer committee for her reporting on “Construction Deaths,”[1] a four-part series on worker fatalities on the Las Vegas Strip. Berzon began her investigation after nine construction workers died in eight separate accidents.[2] Her series exposed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s lax enforcement of regulations and highlighted the cozy relationship between safety regulators and builders.[3]
The series was cited in Congressional hearings examining OSHA’s record[4] and led to changes in policy and improved safety conditions.[5]
In addition to the Pulitzer, Berzon has won Story of the Year, News Feature of the Year and the First Amendment Award from the Nevada Press Association.[6]
Before the Sun, Berzon was a reporter for Red Herring, a business and technology magazine, and worked for the Anchorage Daily News and San Antonio Express-News. She has also reported for Salon.com, NPR and American Public Media’s American RadioWorks. Her coverage of South Pacific islanders who had emigrated to New Zealand due to fears of sea level rise was part of series[7] that won the George Polk Award for Radio Reporting in 2007.[8]
Berzon graduated from Vassar College in 2001 and earned a master’s in journalism from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She grew up in Berkeley, California. Her mother, Marsha S. Berzon, is a circuit judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
[edit] References
- ^ Berzon, Alexandra. "Construction Deaths," Las Vegas Sun (March 30, 2008; March 31, 2008; April 1, 2008; April 13, 2008) [1]
- ^ Berzon, Alexandra. "Pace is the new peril," Las Vegas Sun (March 30, 2008) [2]
- ^ Berzon, Alexandra. "OSHA goes easy: After meeting with employer only, it often reverses findings, cuts fines," Las Vegas Sun (March 31, 2008) [3]
- ^ Berzon, Alexandra. "Employers finding way around OSHA’s tougher stance," Las Vegas Sun (Dec 29, 2008) [4]
- ^ "The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2009-Public-Service. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Nevada Press Association: 2008 Awards
- ^ American RadioWorks, “Living on Earth: Early Signs -- Reports from a Warming Planet”
- ^ 2006 Polk Awards winners
