Elliot G. Jaspin (born May 27, 1946) is a
Pulitzer Prize
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-winning American
journalist
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.
Jaspin graduated from
Baldwin Senior High School in 1964 and
Colby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthr ...
in 1969.
While writing for the
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
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''
Republican & Herald
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History
The ''Republican-Herald'' was founded in 1884 as ''The Daily Republican'' by J ...
'', he won the
1979 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
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with
Gilbert M. Gaul
Gilbert Martin Gaul (born May 18, 1951) is an American journalist. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and been a finalist for four others.
Biography
Gilbert Martin Gaul was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Growing up in nearby Kearny, Gaul attended ...
for stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.
In the same year, Jaspin won a
Scripps Howard Foundation
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Edward J. Meeman
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Biography
Meeman was born in Evansville, Indiana.Ed FrankEdward John Meeman Tennessee Encyclopedia. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, a ...
Award and an
American Bar Association
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Silver Gavel Award
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.
Published works
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References
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1946 births
Living people
Colby College alumni
Journalists from New York (state)
Journalists from Pennsylvania
People from Mineola, New York
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners
People from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York