Matthew Kauffman

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Matthew Kauffman (born October 5, 1961 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American investigative journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Education

Kauffman attended Vassar College, where he obtained a bachelor of arts degree.[1]

Career

Kauffman worked as a legal writer for the

As seen on TV
products. After winning Reporter of the Year at the Courant, and twice being a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award, Kauffman was promoted to the investigative desk. He uncovered questionable ticket deals at the UConn athletic department; the highly paid basketball coaches Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma and others were secretly trading tickets for cars.

Kauffman has made an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor, where he talked about the legal, but sleazy, practices of charity executives and the percentage of donations that they keep.

In May 2006, Kauffman, along with colleague

George Polk Award, the 2007 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, the Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence, and the Heywood Broun Award. The story was also a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
.

Personal life

After graduating Vassar, Kauffman married Wendy Nelson Kauffman and moved to New Haven, Connecticut.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "www.quinnipiac.edu/x1560.xml?School=CO&Dept=JRN&Person=40074". Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Finalist: Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman of Hartford Courant". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
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