Gar Joseph (died August 10, 2019) was a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania, USA, working for the ''
Philadelphia Daily News
''Philadelphia Daily News'' is a tabloid newspaper that serves Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper is owned by The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, which also owns Philadelphia's other major newspaper ''The Philadelphia Inquirer' ...
''. Joseph had been city editor of the ''Daily News'' since December 2005.
In 2005, he was named one of "Pennsylvania's Most Influential Reporters" by the Pennsylvania political news website
PoliticsPA
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Content
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. In 2006, his column on politics, "Clout", was named "best newspaper column" in ''Philadelphia'' magazine's annual "Best of Philly" issue.
Joseph edited the 2009 series ''Tainted Justice'' by Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker, which won the 2010
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in a U.S. news publica ...
.
References
Living people
Writers from Philadelphia
Pennsylvania political journalists
American newspaper reporters and correspondents
Year of birth missing (living people)
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