Sara Ganim
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| Born | 1987/1988 (age 25–26)[1] |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University (2008) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Employer | The Patriot-News |
| Awards | 2011 George Polk Award in Journalism, December 2011 Sidney Award, 2012 Pulitzer Prize |
Sara Ganim is a Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent for CNN.[2] She had previously been a reporter for the The Patriot-News, a daily newspaper serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania metropolitan area. Ganim broke the story about the Penn State sex abuse scandal that involved Jerry Sandusky and the Second Mile charity. For the Sandusky/Penn State coverage, Ganim together with the news staff won a number of national awards including the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting[1][3] at the age of 24.
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Early years [edit]
Ganim grew up in Broward County, Florida, graduated from Archbishop McCarthy High School there, and got her journalistic start as a freelance reporter for the Sun Sentinel when she was in high school.[4] She is a 2008 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, where she majored in Journalism.[5]
Career [edit]
A onetime intern for The Associated Press,[6] Ganim from 2007 worked for the Centre Daily Times, a daily newspaper based in State College, PA near the University Park campus of Penn State. At the Daily Times she generated her initial lead for the Sandusky story and also won several State journalism awards.[7][8] She joined The Patriot-News staff in January 2011.
Ganim is also a correspondent for CNN news.[9] In November 2012, she left The Patriot News to become a fulltime correspondent for CNN.[2]
Awards and recognition [edit]
For the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse work, Ganim gained early attention as the scandal broadened. MarketWatch journalism columnist Jon Friedman wrote of her as "the star reporter" on the scandal in November, 2011. Friedman added that Kim Jones, reporting at Penn State for WFAN, "also mentioned Ganim’s stellar work" and that Jason McIntyre of the sports blog The Big Lead among others had been singling out Ganim—and her P-N colleague Ben Jones, in McIntyre's case—on Twitter.[10]
Considerable other attention and professional awards also were given. In February, 2012, Ganim became the youngest person ever, at age 24, to receive the Sidney Award for socially conscious journalism.[11][12] In February 2012, Long Island University announced that she had won a prestigious George Polk Award in Journalism in 2011 for her coverage of the story.[13][14][15] Newsweek magazine named her one of "150 Women Who Shake the World" in March, 2012,[16] and it was announced that Ganim and The Patriot-News would receive the Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism, again for the Sandusky/Penn State coverage.[17]
Ganim became the third-youngest person to win a Pulitzer Prize.[18]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Two Pulitzers for Times; Huffington Post and Politico Win". The New York Times. April 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ a b DeJesus, Ivey (November 13, 2012). "Sara Ganim, who won Pulitzer Prize for Sandusky coverage, accepts job with CNN". The Patriot-News. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ "The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners - Local Reporting". Columbia University. April 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ "How a Broward reporter beat journalism’s giants". Miami Herald. November 11, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ Lidgett, Adam (April 17, 2012). "Penn State alumna Sara Ganim wins Pulitzer Prize". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ Frevele, Jamie, "Sara Ganim, 24, Becomes One of the Youngest Winners of the Pulitzer Prize For Local Reporting", The Mary Sue, April 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ "2011 Winners of PAPME writing, photo contests announced". Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "2011 CDT staffers take home state newspaper association awards". Centre Daily Times. Jul 22, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "CNN Contributor Sara Ganim".
- ^ Friedman, Jon, "Ganim: Star reporter on Penn State scandal", MarketWatch, November 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ^ "Sara Ganim Wins December Sidney". The Sidney Hillman Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "Meet the Woman Who Exposed Jerry Sandusky". Glamour Magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "LIU Announces 2011 George Polk Awards in Journalism". Long Island University. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "Patriot-News reporter Sara Ganim wins George Polk Awards". The Patriot-News. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ Moos, Julie, "Polk Awards honor Sara Ganim, Anthony Shadid, California Watch, Advertiser Democrat", Poynter, February 21, 2012 updated. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ "150 Women Who Shake the World". The Daily Beast. March 5, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ^ "Sara Ganim and The Patriot-News receive Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism". The Patriot-News. March 16, 2012 (updated 12:15 pm). Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ Tenore, Mallary Jean, http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/170392/sara-ganim-24-wins-pulitzer-for-coverage-of-penn-state-sex-abuse-scandal/, Poynter, April 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
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