Lisa Getter

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Lisa Getter is an American

investigative journalist
. She won the 1995
The Miami Herald,[1] and she shared the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, helping overturn the mayoral election for fraud.[2][clarification needed] While at the Herald she was also a Pulitzer finalist for General News Reporting in 1989 and for Investigative Reporting in 1998.[3]

Life

After growing up in the suburbs of New York City, she graduated from Northwestern University, with a B.S. in journalism. At Northwestern she was one of three students who founded the literary magazine Helicon.[4] Getter was an investigative reporter for The Miami Herald, and the

Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.[6]
She has worked as a Committee of Concerned Journalists columnist[7] and at Bloomberg Government, focusing on government influence on the financial sector.[8] Getter has also served on the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors.[9]

References

  1. ^ "The 1993 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  2. ^ "The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Investigative Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-04. With reprints of 7 works (Miami Herald articles January 11 to April 5, 1998).
  3. ^ "Search: getter, lisa". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  4. ^ "Helicon literary magazine". Heliconlitmag.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  5. ^ "> About Us > Contributor > Lisa Getter". Nieman Watchdog. 2005-09-08. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  6. ^ "Nieman Foundation | Nieman Fellowships | Meet the Fellows | Alumni Fellows". Nieman.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  7. ^ "Meet Some of our Featured Columnists | Committee of Concerned Journalists". Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  8. ^ "Pulitzer winner lands job at consulting firm - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  9. ^ "Past Members of IRE's Board of Directors". Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
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