Charlie M. Reed is an American
journalist
A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism.
Roles
Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...
and former
Yokota Bureau correspondent for
Stars and Stripes.
She graduated from the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...
in 2001.
She reported for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers and the
Osceola News-Gazette
The ''Osceola News-Gazette'' is a weekly newspaper based in Osceola County, Florida. Its print version is published on Thursdays out of its main editorial office in Kissimmee
Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola Co ...
, where she returned to stateside in 2014.
Awards
*2009
George Polk Award
The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the awar ...
Works
"Files prove Pentagon is profiling reporters" ''Stars and Stripes'', Charlie Reed, Kevin Baron, Leo Shane III, August 27, 2009
"Journalists' recent work examined before embeds" ''Stars and Stripes'' Charlie Reed, August 24, 2009
"6-year-old’s birthday party inspires community outpouring after online post" ''The Osceola News-Gazette'' Charlie Reed, February 14, 2015
Criticism
Reed and her colleagues' reporting - for which they won the 2009 George Polk Award for military reporting - was harshly criticized by former Stars and Stripes Ombudsman Mark Prendergast in a multiple part series.
"Series on screening needed follow-up reporting" ''Stars and Stripes'', MARK PRENDERGAST, Stars and Stripes ombudsman, February 12, 2010
"Stories on media screening weak on sourcing" ''Stars and Stripes'', MARK PRENDERGAST, Stars and Stripes ombudsman, February 23, 2010
"When ‘secret’ may not mean secret" ''Stars and Stripes'', MARK PRENDERGAST, Stars and Stripes ombudsman, March 17, 2010
References
External links
Journalist's Twitter
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women journalists
George Polk Award recipients
University of Florida alumni
21st-century American women