Michael D. Sallah is an American

investigative reporter Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years rese ...

who has twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Life

Sallah graduated from St. John's Jesuit High School, a college preparatory school in Ohio, and then obtained his undergraduate degree in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (pro ...

at the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of ...

. While working for ''

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'', he received numerous state and national awards for his investigative stories into organized crime, clerical sexual abuse and white-collar fraud. He was named Best Reporter in Ohio in 2002 by the Society of Professional Journalists. Two years later, Sallah and fellow reporters Mitch Weiss and Joe Mahr were awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for

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for a series on the atrocities by

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, a

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platoon during the

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. He became an investigative reporter and editor at the '' Miami Herald'', where he directed numerous projects including a series on public housing corruption that won the 2007

Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting is awarded to an example of "local reporting that illuminates significant issues or concerns." This Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1948. Like most Pulitzers the winner receives a $15,000 award. History ...

. He was a Pulitzer finalist for meritorious

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in 2012 for a series exposing wretched and deadly conditions in Florida's assisted living facilities.The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Public Service
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'', and returned in 2014 to ''

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'' Medal, a Gerald Loeb Award, a Heywood Broun Award and a

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Works

*With

Mitch Weiss Mitchell S. Weiss (born 1957) is an American investigative journalist, and an editor at ''The Charlotte Observer''. He won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, with Joe Mahr and Michael D. Sallah. Life Weiss is a native of New Y ...

. *With

. ''The Yankee Comandante: The Untold Story of Courage, Passion, and One American's Fight to Liberate Cuba''. Lyons Press, 2015.

References

External links

Interview
on ''Tiger Force'' at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Sallah, Michael D. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male journalists American investigative journalists Writers from Toledo, Ohio University of Toledo alumni Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting winners Journalists from Ohio Gerald Loeb Award winners for Small and Medium Newspapers