Lucy Morgan (born October 11, 1940)Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage, eds., ''Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners'' (

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. is a long-time reporter and editorialist at the ''

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, Morgan began her career at the ''

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'' in 1965, and moved to the ''St. Petersburg Times'' in 1968. While working full-time as a reporter, she attended Pasco-Hernando State College and received her

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.Alison Pruitt
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for their coverage of corruption in the Pasco County Sheriff's Office; she was the first woman to win a

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in that category. In another case, in 1973, she was convicted of contempt for refusing to disclose a confidential source; the Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1976. In 1982 she was a Pulitzer finalist for her investigation of drug trafficking in north central Florida counties. She became Capital Bureau chief in Tallahassee in 1986 and later worked on special projects and as a columnist. A 2012 ''

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'' profile described Morgan as "an institution in Florida". Seven years after her first announced retirement"'St. Pete' Legend Lucy Morgan to Retire"
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'', November 14, 2005. led to a continued active reporting career, she announced her full retirement in January 2013. Morgan was inducted into the

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in 2006. In 2005 the Florida State Senate renamed its press gallery in her honor. Morgan's investigation of the $49.6 million mortgage fraud/

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run in

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, to where she had retired, by

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developer Domenico Rabuffo - while he was in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program"Florida Developer Gets 27 Years in N.C. Mortgage Fraud Scheme"
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'' episode "Goodfella Gone Bad".

References

External links

Lucy Morgan
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"We The Journalists: Lucy Morgan"

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(South Florida Pro Chapter), May 24, 2013 (interview) {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Lucy Living people American investigative journalists Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners 1940 births People from Memphis, Tennessee American women journalists Journalists from Tennessee People from Jackson County, North Carolina 21st-century American women