Paul Pringle

Paul Pringle (born 1956) is an American investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times[1] and author of the upcoming book Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels (Celadon Books, 2022).

Paul Martin Pringle
Born1956 (age 65–66)
Alma materCalifornia State University, Northridge, Pennsylvania State University
Spouse
Joanna E. Pringle (née Brooke Johnson)
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(m. 1985)​

Biography

He earned a B.A. from Cal State Northridge in 1978,[2] majoring in political science and journalism, and the next year received a master's degree in journalism from Penn State, where he was a columnist for The Daily Collegian.

Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2001, Pringle worked as West Coast bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News from 1998 to 2001 and as Los Angeles bureau chief for Copley News Service from 1984 to 1998. He also worked as a stringer for The Tampa Tribune and taught journalism part-time at Cal State Northridge.

Career

Pringle is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He has covered stories that include the 2004 California wildfires, exposing corruption in the Service Employees International Union, misspending in Los Angeles's community colleges, corruption in Bell, California, abuses by the Coliseum Commission, drug use by former USC Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen Puliafito and a subsequent lack of response by the Pasadena Police Department, and the alleged abuse of women by USC gynecologist George Tyndall.[3] His book, Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels, a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation into Puliafito and the consequent exposure of corruption in USC, the Pasadena Police Department, and the Los Angeles Times, is forthcoming from Celadon Books in 2022.

Awards

References
  1. Paul Pringle (2009-05-31). "USC stays silent about NCAA investigation - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  2. Ali, Leena (April 22, 2019). "CSUN Alumnus Wins Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism". Csunshinetoday.csun.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  3. "Paul Pringle". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "Pulitzer Prize Winners". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. Joe Mozingo (February 17, 2009). "Times' Paul Pringle wins George Polk Award for SEIU stories - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  6. "Paul Pringle wins Polk Award for labor reporting". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. "SPJ/LA Announces Journalism Award Winners « Society of Professional Journalists – Greater Los Angeles Chapter". 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. "The Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  9. "Los Angeles Times wins Bingham Prize for "Billions to Spend"". Nieman.harvard.edu. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  10. "The Los Angeles Times Wins 29th Annual Brechner Award – Brechner Center for Freedom of Information". Brechner.org.
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