Julie Cart

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Julie Cart
Born
Louisiana
EducationB.S., Arizona State University
OccupationJournalist
Employer CalMatters
Awards2009 Pulitzer Prize

Julie Cart, born in Louisiana, [1] is an American journalist. She won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, with her colleague, Bettina Boxall, for their series of stories looking at the cost and effectiveness of combating wildfires in the western United States. [2] She has worked for the Los Angeles Times and several other news organizations. [1] She currently covers environmental issues in the California state capitol as a writer with CalMatters [3] [4]

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While attending Arizona State University, she was a track and field athlete. [5] She held the ninth all-time record in the discus throw in 1980, and won the women's championship at the 1976 Intermountain Conference Championships; she also made the U.S. Olympic trials. [6]

Education and background

Cart began showing an interest in writing during her high school years when she was editor of the school newspaper. [7] At the same time, she was writing news briefs as an unpaid student for her local paper. [7]

Cart graduated from Arizona State University, with a B.S., in Journalism, in 1980. [6] She attended on an athletic scholarship [1] and was one of the first women's conference champion's in Arizona State's track and field history, winning the 1976 Intermountain Conference Championships for the discus throw. [3] [5] Cart held the university's 9th all-time discus throw record in 1980, at 52.04 meters. [6] [8] Cart was inducted into the Cronkite School Alumni Hall of Fame in 1988. [6]

She's married to an Australian journalist, who she met in Melbourne, at the Australian Open. [3]

Career

Following her time in high school as a mainly unpaid reporter, Cart took on the role of "copy kid" at The Arizona Republic , [7] and thereafter joined United Press International (UPI) in Phoenix, Arizona as a reporter. [1]

In 1983, she became a reporter for the Metro Section at the Los Angeles Times , later becoming national correspondent. As an award-winning sportswriter, she covered the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, Winter Olympic Games, Summer Olympic Games, Wimbledon, boxing in China, soccer in Argentina and apartheid athletes in South Africa. [1] [9]

Eventually, she left the sports department to become the bureau chief with the Times National staff in Denver, Colorado. [1] In 2003, Cart joined the environmental staff, reporting on public lands and endangered species. [10]

Throughout her career at the LA Times, Cart has focused on investigations and special projects. Cart has covered multiple topics in her LA Times reporting including Utah polygamy, the Columbine High School massacre, post-911 and the recovery of Hurricane Katrina. [1]

In 2009, Cart and fellow journalist Bettina Boxall were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. [2] The prize was for their 15-month investigation, leading up to the series of "Big Burn" stories, exploring the cost and effectiveness of fighting wildfires in the western United States. [6] [11] The series of stories are listed below. [12]

In 2015 Cart joined CALmatters, a journalism organization covering California's state capitol. She covers the environment beat. [4]

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