Jake Hooker (October 27, 1973

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) is an American

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and recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for investigations done while in China over concerns with how dangerous and poisonous pharmaceutical ingredients from China have flowed into the global market. He attended

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and

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where he studied art history. In 2000, he was a

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volunteer in China for two years; he taught English in

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. His first published newspaper article about his life in Waxian appeared in ''The Boston Globe'' in 2001. In 2003, he worked for the Surmang Foundation in China. In his free time, he has learned Chinese. He currently works for the ''

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''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hooker, Jake Dartmouth College alumni American male journalists Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners 1973 births Living people Gerald Loeb Award winners for Large Newspapers