Norman Charles Miller (October 2, 1934 – March 29, 2025) was an American journalist who worked for ''
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...
''.
Life and career
Miller was born in
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...
on October 2, 1934. He attended
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...
, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1956. Miller won a
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...
for Journalism in 1964 for his coverage of the financial fraud scandal of commodities reader
. Miller's reporting became the basis for his book, ''
The Great Salad Oil Swindle'', published in 1965.
He was chief of the ''Journals Washington bureau.
Miller died on March 29, 2025, at the age of 90.
Norman C. Miller, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, dies at age 90
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References
Sources
* Miller, Norman C. 1934–. ''Contemporary Authors''. 37–40, First Revision, 391. 1979.
*'' The Great Salad Oil Swindle'' (Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1965). by Norman C. Miller
1934 births
2025 deaths
Pennsylvania State University alumni
The Wall Street Journal people
Writers from Pittsburgh
Journalists from Pittsburgh
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting winners
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
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