Betty Medsger is an

author In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is referred to as authorship. Therefore, a sculpt ...

and

investigative reporter Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend ...

. Medsger is the author of several books, including ''The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI''. Medsger was instrumental in uncovering the work of

COINTELPRO COINTELPRO (a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltr ...

and secret activities by the

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. She is the former chair of the Department of Journalism and Professor Emerita at

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Medsger, Betty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American women non-fiction writers 21st-century American women journalists 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers

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