Danny Frank Malone (born January 22, 1955) is an American
journalist, an
investigative reporter who won a
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
. Malone currently works for the ''
Fort Worth Weekly'', an
alternative newspaper.
Malone worked as a reporter for the ''
Corpus Christi Caller-Times'' and the ''
Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' before joining ''
The Dallas Morning News'' in 1985. In 2002, he joined the staff of the ''Fort Worth Weekly''.
Malone has taught journalism classes at
Tarleton State University and at the
University of North Texas as an
adjunct professor
An adjunct professor is a type of academic appointment in higher education who does not work at the establishment full-time. The terms of this appointment and
the job security of the tenure vary in different parts of the world, however the genera ...
, while also serving as a Hearst Visiting Professional-in-Residence for the
UT-Austin journalism program and Jurist for the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest (associated with the
Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT).
Malone is a graduate of
Kimball High School in Dallas and the
University of Texas at Austin.
Malone and
Lorraine Adams
Lorraine Adams is an American journalist and novelist. As a journalist, she is known as a contributor to the ''New York Times Book Review'', and a former contributor to '' The Washington Post''. As a novelist, she is known for the award-winning ...
of ''The Dallas Morning News'' shared the 1992
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in a U.S. news publicat ...
, citing "reporting that charged Texas police with extensive misconduct and abuses of power".
["Investigative Reporting"]
The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
Books
* ''America's Condemned: death row inmates in their own words'', by Malone and
Howard Swindle (Kansas City: A. McMeel Pub, 1999)
"America's condemned "
Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
References
External links
* (under 'Malone, Dan' without '1955–')
WARNING: WorldCat mixes works by multiple people named Dan Malone. LC differentiates him as 'Malone, Dan, 1955–' but credits his book to 'Malone, Dan' undifferentiated.
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American male journalists
The Dallas Morning News people
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners
People from Fort Worth, Texas
1955 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Journalists from Texas