American journalist
Barbara Laker
Born Kent, England
Education Missouri School of Journalism Occupation Journalist
Barbara Laker is an Americanjournalist for thePhiladelphia Daily News . WithWendy Ruderman , she won the 2010Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting .[ 1]
Early life and education [ edit ] Laker grew up inKent, England .She immigrated to the United States when she was 12.She graduated from theMissouri School of Journalism with a BJ in 1979.[ 2]
In 1993, Laker joined the staff of the Philidelphia Daily News as a general assignment reporter.[ 3] Clearwater Sun , theAtlanta Journal-Constitution , theDallas Times-Herald , and theSeattle Post-Intelligencer .[ 4]
Laker's "Tainted Justice" series brought about an FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation.[ 5]
"City reveals 47 arbitration decisions involving Philadelphia cops" ,Philadelphia Daily News , Barbara Laker, Chris Brennan, Wendy Ruderman, December 24, 2010"Covering 'Tainted Justice' And Winning A Pulitzer" ,NPR "Daily News Pulitzer Prize winners Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman" ,WHYY , April 14, 2010journalist's Twitter
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975 1976–2000 Chicago Tribune Acel Moore &Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977)Anthony R. Dolan (1978)Gilbert M. Gaul &Elliot G. Jaspin (1979)Stephen Kurkjian ,Alexander B. Hawes Jr. ,Nils Bruzelius ,Joan Vennochi &Robert M. Porterfield (1980)Clark Hallas &Robert B. Lowe (1981)Paul Henderson (1982)Loretta Tofani (1983)Kenneth Cooper ,Joan Fitz Gerald ,Jonathan Kaufman ,Norman Lockman ,Gary McMillan ,Kirk Scharfenberg &David Wessel (1984)Lucy Morgan ,Jack Reed &William K. Marimow (1985)Jeffrey A. Marx &Michael M. York (1986)Daniel R. Biddle ,H.G. Bissinger ,Fredric N. Tulsky &John Woestendiek (1987)Dean Baquet ,William C. Gaines &Ann Marie Lipinski (19)Bill Dedman (1989)Lou Kilzer (1990)Joseph T. Hallinan &Susan M. Headden (1991)Lorraine Adams &Dan Malone (1992)Jeff Brazil &Steve Berry (1993)Providence Journal-Bulletin Stephanie Saul &Brian Donovan (1995)The Orange County Register Eric Nalder ,Deborah Nelson &Alex Tizon (1997)Gary Cohn &Will Englund (1998)Miami Herald Sang-Hun Choe ,Charles J. Hanley &Martha Mendoza (2000)2001–2025 David Willman (2001)Sari Horwitz ,Scott Higham &Sarah Cohen (2002)Clifford J. Levy (2003)Michael D. Sallah ,Joe Mahr &Mitch Weiss (2004)Nigel Jaquiss (2005)Susan Schmidt ,James V. Grimaldi &R. Jeffrey Smith (2006)Brett Blackledge (2007)Walt Bogdanich ,Jake Hooker &Chicago Tribune David Barstow (2009)Barbara Laker ,Wendy Ruderman &Sheri Fink (2010)Paige St. John (2011)Matt Apuzzo ,Adam Goldman ,Eileen Sullivan ,Chris Hawley ,Michael J. Berens &Ken Armstrong (2012)David Barstow &Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013)Chris Hamby (2014)Eric Lipton &The Wall Street Journal Leonora LaPeter Anton ,Anthony Cormier ,Michael Braga &Esther Htusan (2016)Eric Eyre (2017)The Washington Post Matt Hamilton ,Harriet Ryan &Paul Pringle (2019)Brian Rosenthal (2020)Matt Rocheleau ,Vernal Coleman ,Laura Crimaldi ,Evan Allen &Brendan McCarthy (2021)Corey G. Johnson ,Rebecca Woolington &Eli Murray (2022)Staff ofThe Wall Street Journal
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