Sally Stapleton (born November 23, 1957) is an American photojournalist.

Early life

Stapleton was born in Kennett, Missouri. Her father was the publisher of the local newspaper, the ''Daily Dunklin Democrat''. Stapleton is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, initiated at Delta Xi chapter,

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in 1977. She was a 2002 Fulbright Scholar.

Career

For over ten years she worked for the

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, resigning in December 2003 from the position of executive photo editor. She was responsible for leading the teams of photographers that covered

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's funeral, the

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, the 1994

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and the

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. For the latter two events, she led a team of AP photojournalists who won a Pulitzer prize for their work. In 2008, Stapleton assumed the role of Assistant Managing Editor overseeing online, photo and graphics operations for ''

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'' newspaper in New London, Connecticut. In 2010, Stapleton was named managing editor for online and photography at ''The Day''. She joined the ''

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'' in October 2016 and eight months later was named managing editor. The staff of the ''Post-Gazette'' won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of the

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which killed 11.

References

External links

National Geographic Proof blog ''Revisiting the Rwandan Genocide''

Democracy in Africa blog ''Rwandan journalists' salaries and the relationship to media growth
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