Paul Pringle
Paul Martin Pringle | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | California State University, Northridge, Pennsylvania State University |
| Spouse | |
Paul Pringle is an investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times.[1]
Biography
Pringle was born in 1956. He earned a B.A. from Cal State Northridge in 1978,[2] majoring in political science and journalism, and the next year received a master's degree in journalism from Penn State, where he was a columnist for The Daily Collegian.
Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2001, Pringle worked as West Coast bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News from 1998 to 2001 and as Los Angeles bureau chief for Copley News Service from 1984 to 1998. He also worked as a stringer for The Tampa Tribune and taught journalism part-time at Cal State Northridge.
Career
Pringle is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He has covered stories that include the 2004 California wildfires, exposing corruption in the Service Employees International Union, misspending in Los Angeles's community colleges, corruption in Bell, California, abuses by the Coliseum Commission, drug use by former USC Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen Puliafito and a subsequent lack of response by the Pasadena Police Department, and the alleged abuse of women by USC gynecologist George Tyndall.[3]
Awards
- 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News [4]
- 2008 George Polk Award[5][6]
- 2008 Distinguished Journalist, by the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists[7]
- 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting Finalist[8]
- 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service[3]
- 2012 Harvard University's Worth Bingham Prize[9]
- 2014 California Newspaper Publishers Association's 1st Amendment Award
- 2015 University of Florida's Joseph L. Brechner Award [10]
- 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting[11]
References
- ^ Paul Pringle (2009-05-31). "USC stays silent about NCAA investigation - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ Ali, Leena (April 22, 2019). "CSUN Alumnus Wins Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism". Retrieved April 23, 2019.
- ^ a b "Paul Pringle". latimes.com.
- ^ https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-58
- ^ Joe Mozingo (February 17, 2009). "Times' Paul Pringle wins George Polk Award for SEIU stories - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ "Paul Pringle wins Polk Award for labor reporting". 17 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2012/03/los-angeles-times-wins-bingham-prize-for-billions-to-spend/
- ^ https://brechner.org/2015/04/13/the-los-angeles-times-wins-29th-annual-brechner-award/
- ^ https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/matt-hamilton-harriet-ryan-and-paul-pringle-los-angeles-times