Sari Horwitz is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning member of ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large n ...

's'' investigation unit. A reporter for ''The Washington Post'' since 1984, she has covered crime, homeland security, federal law enforcement, education, social services, and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Career

Horwitz and Higham shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for their examination of the deaths of children in the D.C. foster care system. Horwitz also co-wrote an investigation of D.C. police shootings that won the 1999 Pulitzer for public service and the 1999

Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting The Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, given by the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism comprises a School of Communication and a School of Journalism at the U ...

. She was a member of the team of reporters who won the 2008

Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names: *From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Pri ...

for the shooting rampage at

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

. Horwitz co-authored the 2003 book, ''Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation''. Among her other awards are the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for reporting on the disadvantaged and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal. Horwitz and fellow ''Post'' colleague

Scott Higham Scott Higham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning member of ''The Washington Post's'' investigations unit. He graduated from Stony Brook University, with a B.A. in history and has a M.S. from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Higham also earned ...

are co-authors of '' Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery. The non-fiction book, released in May 2010, chronicles the 2001 disappearance of Washington, DC intern

Chandra Levy Chandra Ann Levy (April 14, 1977 – May 1, 2001) was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in May 2001. She was presumed murdered after her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park in May ...

, whose remains were found one year later in an isolated area of the city's

Rock Creek Park Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1890 and today is administered by the National Park Service. In addition to the park proper, the Rock Cr ...

. In 2011, Horwitz was temporarily suspended by ''The Washington Post'' for

plagiarism Plagiarism is the fraudulent representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 '' Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close imitation of the language and though ...

after she copied parts of an article about Jared Loughner. The article was first published on March 4, 2011, in ''

The Arizona Republic ''The Arizona Republic'' is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. Copies are sold at $2 daily or at $ ...

''. Since January 2012, Horwitz has been covering the U.S. Department of Justice for ''The Washington Post''.

Personal life

A native of

Tucson, Arizona , "(at the) base of the black ill , nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town" , image_map = , mapsize = 260px , map_caption = Interactive ...

, Horwitz graduated from

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United Sta ...

and holds a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

, philosophy and

economy An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with t ...

from

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

. She lives in Washington with her husband and daughter.

References

External links

The Official ''Finding Chandra'' WebsiteWashingtonpost.com Profile2002 Pulitzer Prize Winners for Investigative Reporting
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horwitz, Sari American women journalists The Washington Post journalists Living people Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners Bryn Mawr College alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Writers from Tucson, Arizona People involved in plagiarism controversies Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women