Adam Pitluk | |
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| Education | University of Missouri (bachelor's degree) Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (master's) ContentsUniversity of Oklahoma (PhD) |
| Occupations | Journalist and author |
| Employer | Midwest Luxury Publishing |
| Notable work | Standing Eight (2006 book) Damned to Eternity (2007 book) |
| Website | adampitluk |
Adam Pitluk is an American investigative journalist, author and academic. He is the founder of Midwest Luxury Publishing and Groom Lake Media.
He is the author of the 2006 non-fiction book about Mexican boxer Jesús Chávez titled Standing Eight and the 2007 non-fiction book about U.S. criminal James Scott titled Damned to Eternity .
From 1995 to 1999, Pitluk studied journalism at the University of Missouri and worked at the Columbia Missourian while studying. He has a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. [1]
He first met convicted vandal James Scott while working at the Columbia Missourian. As an adult, Pitluk relocated to Texas. [2]
After graduation, Pitluk worked as a reporter at People and Time magazines, as an editor for the Dallas Morning News and editor-in-chief of American Way [3] [1]
Pitluk is the author of the 2006 non-fiction book Standing Eight about the Mexican boxer Jesús Chávez . [3] He is also the author of the 2007 non-fiction crime book Damned to Eternity. The book documents and critiques the criminal conviction of James Scott, who was found guilty of damaging a levee in 1993, causing flooding. [3] [4] [5] Pitluk contributed to the 2022 Vice News documentary Overlooked which examined the criminal conviction of Scott. [6] [7]