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'''Russell Carollo''' (born 1955) is a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] who has worked as an investigative reporter for the ''[[Dayton Daily News]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]''. He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting at the ''Dayton Daily News'' for uncovering mismanagement in military healthcare.<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/1998-National-Reporting The 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winners: National Reporting: Russell Carollo and Jeff Nesmith,"] The Pulitzer Prizes website. Accessed Dec. 16, 2012.</ref> During his 30-year career, Carollo has reported from at least 17 countries. |
'''Russell Carollo''' (born 1955) is a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] who has worked as an investigative reporter for the ''[[Dayton Daily News]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]''. He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting at the ''Dayton Daily News'' for uncovering mismanagement in military healthcare.<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/1998-National-Reporting The 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winners: National Reporting: Russell Carollo and Jeff Nesmith,"] The Pulitzer Prizes website. Accessed Dec. 16, 2012.</ref> During his 30-year career, Carollo has reported from at least 17 countries. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Carollo is a native of suburban [[New Orleans]]. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and he also graduated from [[Southeastern Louisiana University]] with a bachelor’s degree in history. (Louisiana State University inducted him into its Journalism Hall of Fame in 2009.){{ |
Carollo is a native of suburban [[New Orleans]]. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and he also graduated from [[Southeastern Louisiana University]] with a bachelor’s degree in history. (Louisiana State University inducted him into its Journalism Hall of Fame in 2009.){{citation needed|date=December 2012}} He also is a former [[Michigan Journalism Fellow]], class of 1989–1990. |
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Carollo worked as a special projects reporter for the ''Dayton Daily News'', The ''Sacramento Bee'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'', and he’s taught journalism at [[Colorado College]] and [[Oklahoma State University]]. |
Carollo worked as a special projects reporter for the ''Dayton Daily News'', The ''Sacramento Bee'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'', and he’s taught journalism at [[Colorado College]] and [[Oklahoma State University]]. |
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== Awards == |
== Awards == |
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In addition to his 1998 Pulitzer Prize, Carollo has been a Pulitzer finalist four times, most recently in 2002.{{ |
In addition to his 1998 Pulitzer Prize, Carollo has been a Pulitzer finalist four times, most recently in 2002.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Carollo has won numerous other national awards, including [[Harvard University]]’s Goldsmith Award, two White House Correspondent’s Association awards, and six [[Investigative Reporters and Editors]] awards.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} Three awards were personally presented to him by U.S. presidents [[George W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Gerald Ford]].{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 16:54, 19 April 2015
Russell Carollo (born 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist who has worked as an investigative reporter for the Dayton Daily News, the Los Angeles Times, and The Sacramento Bee. He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting at the Dayton Daily News for uncovering mismanagement in military healthcare.[1] During his 30-year career, Carollo has reported from at least 17 countries.
Life
Carollo is a native of suburban New Orleans. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and he also graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor’s degree in history. (Louisiana State University inducted him into its Journalism Hall of Fame in 2009.)[citation needed] He also is a former Michigan Journalism Fellow, class of 1989–1990.
Carollo worked as a special projects reporter for the Dayton Daily News, The Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times, and he’s taught journalism at Colorado College and Oklahoma State University.
Carollo currently works as a freelance journalist and consultant based out of Colorado, and his specialties include computer-assisted reporting, FOIA, state public records, the military, and long-term investigative projects.
Awards
In addition to his 1998 Pulitzer Prize, Carollo has been a Pulitzer finalist four times, most recently in 2002.[citation needed] In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Carollo has won numerous other national awards, including Harvard University’s Goldsmith Award, two White House Correspondent’s Association awards, and six Investigative Reporters and Editors awards.[citation needed] Three awards were personally presented to him by U.S. presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Gerald Ford.[citation needed]
References
- ^ The 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winners: National Reporting: Russell Carollo and Jeff Nesmith," The Pulitzer Prizes website. Accessed Dec. 16, 2012.
External links
- "Q&A with a FOIA requester", Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- FDIC refuses to release employee travel records, Junket Sleuth
- Russell Carollo profile at Business Insider
- LSU Hall of Fame Inductee Russel Carollo