Barbara Laker is an American
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
for the ''Philadelphia Daily News''. She won with
Wendy Ruderman Wendy Ruderman (born in 1969 on Long Island, N.Y.) is an American journalist for the '' Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News''. She won with Barbara Laker the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Ruderman, along with ''Inq ...
the 2010
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
Life
She grew up in
Kent, England
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the ...
.
She immigrated when she was 12.
She graduated from
Missouri School of Journalism with a BJ in 1979.
She worked for the ''Clearwater Sun'', the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', the ''Dallas Times-Herald'', and the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer''.
The "Tainted Justice" series, brought about an FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation.
Works
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Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love,'' HarperCollins, 2014, 978-0-06-208544-3
References
External links
"City reveals 47 arbitration decisions involving Philadelphia cops" ''Philadelphia Daily News'', Barbara Laker, Chris Brennan, Wendy Ruderman, December 24, 2010
"Covering 'Tainted Justice' And Winning A Pulitzer" ''NPR''
"Daily News Pulitzer Prize winners Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman" ''WHYY'', April 14, 2010
journalist's Twitter
American women journalists
University of Missouri alumni
British emigrants to the United States
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners
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