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'''Russell Carollo''' ( |
'''Russell Carollo''' (March 16, 1955 – December 19, 2018) was an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] who worked as an investigative reporter for, among numerous publications, 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 reported from at least seventeen 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.){{citation needed|date=December 2012}} He also is a former [[Michigan Journalism Fellow]], class of 1989–1990. |
Carollo is a native of[[Lacombe, Louisiana|Lacombe]] in [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]] in [[suburban]] [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. 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]]. |
Revision as of 17:01, 19 February 2019
Russell Carollo (March 16, 1955 – December 19, 2018) was an American journalist who worked as an investigative reporter for, among numerous publications, 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 reported from at least seventeen countries.
Life
Carollo is a native ofLacombe in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana. 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