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Barbara Laker

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Barbara Laker is an American journalist for the Philadelphia Daily News. She won with Wendy Ruderman the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.[1]

Life

She grew up in Kent, England. She immigrated when she was 12. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a BJ in 1979.[2] She worked for the Clearwater Sun, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Dallas Times-Herald, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.[3]

The "Tainted Justice" series, brought about a FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation.[4]

Works

References

  1. ^ http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2010-Investigative-Reporting-Group1
  2. ^ http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2010/04-28-pulitzer-prize.html
  3. ^ http://fora.tv/speaker/11556/Barbara_Laker
  4. ^ Jeffrey C. Billman (October 20, 2010). "Literature & Journalism: Barbara Laker & Wendy Ruderman: The News Hounds". Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2011.

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