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Barbara Laker is an American journalist for the Philadelphia Daily News. She won with Wendy Ruderman the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. [1]

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Life

She grew up in Kent, England. She immigrated when she was 12. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a BJ in 1979. [2] She worked for the Clearwater Sun, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Dallas Times-Herald, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. [3]

The "Tainted Justice" series, brought about an FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation. [4]

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References

  1. "The Pulitzer Prizes".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Jeffrey C. Billman (October 20, 2010). "Literature & Journalism: Barbara Laker & Wendy Ruderman: The News Hounds". Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2011.