Gayle Reaves is an American journalist who won a

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and a

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. She was editor of the ''

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'', an

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serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, from October 2001 to March 2015.

Biography

Reaves was an honors graduate of the

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, earning a

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in journalism in 1973. Before joining the ''Fort Worth Weekly'', Reaves worked as a projects reporter, writer and assistant city editor for ''

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''. She was also a reporter for the ''

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'', ''

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'', the now-defunct ''Austin Citizen'', and began her career at the ''Paris (TX) News''. Reaves is a founder and former president of the

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and past president of the Journalism and Women Symposium. She is a

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, resident in

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Awards

Reaves was a Pulitzer finalist in 1989, and she was one member of a team at ''The Dallas Morning News'' that won the

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in 1994, covering "the epidemic of violence against women in many nations". Eleven reporters and five

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s created the 14 story-series "Violence Against Women: A Question of Human Rights". Reaves won, along with fellow ''Dallas Morning News'' reporters David Hanners and David McLemore, the 1990 George Polk Award for regional reporting following a series on South Texas drug wars.

References

External links

Gayle Reaves profile

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