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Maura J. Casey is an American journalist. She is the founder and principal of the communications firm CaseyInk, LLC of Franklin, Conn. [1] She was on the Editorial Board of The New York Times from 2006 to 2009. She contributed to stories at The Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Massachusetts, that were recognized by the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting, citing "an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms." [2] [3] She was also a winner of the Horace Greeley Award, [4] the Pulliam Editorial Fellowship, given to one editorial writer in the country once a year., [5] and Scripps Howard's Walker Stone Award [6]

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  1. Casey, Maura. "Principal".
  2. "General News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  3. "Maura J. Casey". The oped project. Retrieved 2011-04-08. Maura J. Casey who left the Editorial Board of The New York Times in 2009, was an editorial writer specializing in New England issues for more than two decades. During five years at the Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune she won Scripps-Howard's Walker Stone Award for her editorials on the Massachusetts Corrections Department and contributed to stories for which the staff won the Pulitzer Prize. While at The Day of New London, Conn., she won the Horace Greeley Award for public service journalism for her editorials on weaknesses in Connecticut laws affecting children. She was on the New York Times editorial board from 2006 until March 2009. A graduate of Buffalo State College, she obtained a master's degree in Journalism and Public Affairs from The American University.
  4. Suzette Martinez Standring (2007). The Art of Column Writing. Marion Street Press. ISBN   978-1-933338-26-2. The Horace Greeley Award, New England's highest award for public service journalism ...
  5. Casey, Maura. "Pulliam Fellowship" . Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  6. "National Journalism Awards" . Retrieved 2012-08-22.