Paul LaRosa

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Paul LaRosa [aka Paul La Rosa] is a CBS News writer & producer, mainly for the true crime program "48 Hours." [1]

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Biography

La Rosa was born in East Harlem [2] and raised in the James Monroe Houses, a public housing project located in the Soundview section of The Bronx. [3] His first job was delivering the New York Daily News . [4] He currently resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn. [2]

Prior to Fordham he studied at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. [2]

Following his graduation from Fordham University, [2] LaRosa was employed at the Daily News from 1975 until 1990, [5] starting out as a copy boy. [3] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Awards

In 1983, as a Daily News reporter, LaRosa was named co-winner of the Meyer Berger Award, along with Anna Quindlen of the New York Times. [12] The prize is awarded annually by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for outstanding local writing about New York City. [13]

He won a 2002 Emmy Award as a producer for the CBS documentary 9/11 . [14] [15] f [16] presented by the Alliance of Women in Media. [17]

Books

Memoir

True crime

Novels

– Get Back, Imagine Saving John Lennon by Donovan Day (pseudonym)

Television

References

  1. ↑ "Reviewer". Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lore Croghan, “Bronx tale: Ex-Newser Paul LaRosa’s memoir recalls youth in Soundview housing project,” New York Daily News, April 27, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Vince Cosgrove, “’Leaving Story Avenue: My Journey From the Projects to the Front Page:’ A book review,” Archived June 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The Star-Ledger , May 6, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Douglas Martin, “About New York; Out On Strike: Fight on the Line, And in His Heart,” Archived March 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine New York Times, November 3, 1990.
  5. ↑ Jotham Sederstrom, “Reporter’s Crime Expose A Hit,” New York Daily News, January 15, 2006.
  6. ↑ Jerry Barmash, “CBS News Producer and Former Daily News Reporter Recounds Life in Memoir,” Mediabistro.com, March 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Revson Fellow". Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ Marisa Guthrie, “How to write a ‘Mystery’,” New York Daily News, April 21, 2007.
  9. ↑ Sam Roberts, “Looking at New York as a target,” Archived May 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine New York Times, April 21, 2012.
  10. ↑ La Rosa, Paul. "Reviewer for New York Journal of Books". www.nyjournalofbooks.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ "New York Journal of Books". Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ “Winners of the Mike Berger Award,” Archived May 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine journalism.columbia.edu. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  13. ↑ “Journalism Awards,” Archived May 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine journalism.columbia.edu. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  14. ↑ "9/11," Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Emmys.com. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  15. ↑ “2003 Murrow National Winners,” Archived June 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Radio Television Digital News Association. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  16. ↑ "The Gracies". Alliance for Women in Media. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Advancing Women in Media". Alliance for Women in Media. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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