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* 1992 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, (with Mike Casey) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Violators: How they Stacked Up", a 5-part series on worker safety<ref>{{Cite web |
* 1992 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, (with Mike Casey) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Violators: How they Stacked Up", a 5-part series on worker safety<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finalist: Staff of ''Dayton (Ohio) Daily News''|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-56|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.pulitzer.org|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 1996 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, (with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith, and Cheryl Reed) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll", investigations into handling misconduct cases in the military<ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Release: Pulitzer Winners, Finalists|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/18862.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.columbia.edu}}</ref> |
* 1996 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, (with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith, and Cheryl Reed) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll", investigations into handling misconduct cases in the military<ref>{{Cite web|title=Press Release: Pulitzer Winners, Finalists|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/18862.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.columbia.edu}}</ref> |
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* 1996 Winner, Harvard University Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Journalism, (with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith, and Cheryl Reed) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll"<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABC Anchor Receives IOP Journalism Award {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1996/3/15/abc-anchor-receives-iop-journalism-award/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref> |
* 1996 Winner, Harvard University Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Journalism, (with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith, and Cheryl Reed) ''Dayton Daily News'', "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll"<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABC Anchor Receives IOP Journalism Award {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1996/3/15/abc-anchor-receives-iop-journalism-award/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref> |
Revision as of 19:58, 29 August 2020
Russell John Carollo (March 16, 1955 – December 19, 2018) was an American journalist who worked as an investigative reporter for numerous publications, including 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.
Background and career
Carollo was a native of Lacombe 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.[2]
He was 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.
At the time of his death, Carollo worked as a freelance journalist and consultant based out of Colorado; his specialties included computer-assisted reporting, FOIA, state public records, the military, and long-term investigative projects.
Awards and recognition
- 1992 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, (with Mike Casey) Dayton Daily News, "Violators: How they Stacked Up", a 5-part series on worker safety[3]
- 1996 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, (with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith, and Cheryl Reed) Dayton Daily News, "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll", investigations into handling misconduct cases in the military[4]
- 1996 Winner, Harvard University Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Journalism, (with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith, and Cheryl Reed) Dayton Daily News, "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll"[5]
- 1998 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, (with Jeff Nesmith) Dayton Daily News, "Flawed and sometimes deadly healthcare system: The military medical system leaves many lives shattered by substandard care and treatment", "The needle went wrong" and "Too Many Patients, Too Little Time: Understaffing, poor records management and the constant shuffling of personnel in military hospitals and clinics undermines continuity of care", for the 3-part series, reporting disclosing flaws and mismanagement in the military healthcare system[6]
- 2000 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, Southeastern Louisiana University[7]
- 2002 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, (with other staff members) Dayton Daily News, "The Foreign Game", for investigating recruitment of foreign athletes for American schools[7]
- 2004 Finalist, Harvard University Goldsmith Prize, (with Mei-Ling Hopgood) Dayton Daily News, "Casualties of Peace" a nearly 2 year, 7-part series, investigating abuse, assault, and rape of volunteers with the Peace Corps[8]
- 2004 Winner of the Edgar A. Poe Award, White House Correspondent's Association, (with Mei-Ling Hopgood) Dayton Daily News, "Casualties of Peace"[9]
- 2004 Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, ( with Mei-Ling Hopgood) Dayton Daily News, "Casualties of Peace"[10]
- 2009 Manship Hall of Fame, LSU Manship School of Mass Communication[2]
References
- ^ The 1998 Pulitzer Prize Winners: National Reporting: Russell Carollo and Jeff Nesmith," The Pulitzer Prizes website. Accessed Dec. 16, 2012.
- ^ a b "Peace Corps Online: 2009.04.05: April 5, 2009: Headlines: Investigative Journalism: Journalism: Safety: Awards: 2TheAdvocate: Pulitzer Prize winner Russell Carollo will be inducted into the Manship School of Mass Communication Hall of Fame". peacecorpsonline.org. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "Finalist: Staff of Dayton (Ohio) Daily News". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "Press Release: Pulitzer Winners, Finalists". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "ABC Anchor Receives IOP Journalism Award | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "[1998 · Dayton Daily News • National Reporting]". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ a b "2000 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year". www.southeastern.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "'04 Goldsmith Prize finalists chosen". Harvard Gazette. 2004-02-12. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "Peace Corps Online: May 4, 2004: Headlines: Journalism: Safety and Security of Volunteers: White House Correspondents Association: President George W. Bush congratulates Mei-Ling Hopgood and Russell Carollo of the Dayton Daily News. Hopgood and Carollo were the lead writers on a seven-day series that won the Edgar A. Poe award for 2004". peacecorpsonline.org. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "Daniel Pearl Awards". ICIJ. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
Further reading
- "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