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Ruben Castaneda (born 1961) is a former reporter for the Washington Post and author of the memoir S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.[1][2][3][4]
Castaneda was born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of a gas company worker and a homemaker.[5] He is the eldest of five children.[6]
After being hired by the Post in 1989, he became a crime beat reporter in Washington, D. C. There he covered the height of DC's crack epidemic which saw over 400 murders a year, among the highest murder rate in the country. Castaneda later moved to cover Prince Georges County, Maryland court room stories where he was instrumental in exposing widespread police brutality by the Prince George's County Police Department.[6]
Castaneda left the Post in 2011 and worked on his memoir S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C. (2014). In the memoir Castaneda explains that while he was working as a journalist for the Post he was also secretly buying and using crack himself, often from the same neighborhoods and people he was reporting on during the day. Castaneda has been clean since 1992.[6]
Castaneda has won or shared in several journalism awards.[6]
Works
- "Coyote Hunt" in D.C. Noir (2006)
- S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C. (2014)
References
- ^ Daniel Stashower (July 3, 2014). "Book review: 'S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.' by Ruben Castaneda". Washington Post. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ Bethanne Patrick (July 11, 2014). "Review: "S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in DC" by Ruben Castaneda". Washington Times. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ Staff writer (July 3, 2014). "Addiction Battled Ambition For Reporter Caught In D.C.'s Crack Epidemic". National Public Radio. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ Jerry Stahl (June/July/August 2014). "High and Low". Bookforum. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Ruben Castaneda". Baltimore Post Examiner. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Ruben Castaneda. "About Ruben". Ruben Castaneda website. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
External links
- Ruben Castaneda, official website.
- S Street Rising, official book website.