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The author Paul La Rosa on Cornelia Street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood in 2017

Paul LaRosa [aka Paul La Rosa] is a CBS News writer & producer, mainly for the true crime program "48 Hours." He is a journalist, author and book reviewer.[1] He is an Emmy Award winner as a producer for the CBS documentary 9/11.

Biography

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Early life

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LaRosa [La Rosa] was born in East Harlem[2] and raised in the James Monroe Houses, a public housing project located in the Soundview section of The Bronx.[3] His first job was delivering the New York Daily News.[4] He currently resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn.[2] Prior to Fordham he studied at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx.

Career

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Following his graduation from Fordham University,[2] LaRosa was employed at the Daily News from 1975 until 1990,[5] starting out as a copy boy.[3] After being promoted to reporter, he worked on various beats, including crime, labor and city government.[4][6] Among the major stories he covered was the fatal shooting of John Lennon at The Dakota.[2] In 1984, he was awarded a R evson Fellowship for the Future of the City of New York[7] and attended Columbia University for one year.

In 1992, he began working at CBS News, soon producing stories for 48 Hours.[8] Concurrently, he wrote four true crime books, beginning with 2006's Tacoma Confidential: A True Story of Murder, Suicide, and a Police Chief’s Secret Life.[5] His 2012 memoir, Leaving Story Avenue: My Journey From the Projects to the Front Page, covers his life from his rough upbringing to his career as a reporter and producer. The New York Times called it "a captivating and vivid memoir."[9] He has also written one novel "Get Back, Imagine Saving John Lennon," under the pseudonym Donovan Day.

In recent years, La Rosa has begun to write book reviews[10] for the New York Journal of Books.[11]

Awards

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In 1983, as a Daily News reporter, LaRosa was named co-winner of the Meyer Berger Award, along with Anna Quindlen of the New York Times.[12] The prize is awarded annually by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for outstanding local writing about New York City.[13]

He won a 2002 Emmy Award as a producer for the CBS documentary 9/11.[14] He also won a 2002 Peabody Award,[15] a 2003 Christopher Award[16] and a 2003 Edward R. Murrow Award[17] for producing 9/11. He was nominated for another Emmy in 2010 for producing 48 Hours Mystery – Craigslist: Classified for Murder.[18] LaRosa has also won three Gracie Awards[19] presented by the Alliance of Women in Media.[20]

In 2018, LaRosa won a New York Press Club Award in the Special Event[21] category for a piece he wrote and produced titled "A Nation Divided." It featured interviews with middle school students who were largely from immigrant families and worried about the presidential inauguration of Donald J. Trump.

Books

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Memoir

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  • Leaving Story Avenue: My Journey From the Projects to the Front Page (2012, Park Slope Publishing)

True crime

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  • Seven Days of Rage: The Deadly Crime Spree of the Craigslist Killer – with Maria Cramer (2010, Pocket Star)
  • Death of a Dream – with Erin Moriarty (2008, Pocket Star)
  • Nightmare in Napa: The Wine Country Murders (2007, Pocket Star)
  • Tacoma Confidential: A True Story of Murder, Suicide, and a Police Chief’s Secret Life (2006, Signet)

Novels

– Get Back, Imagine Saving John Lennon by Donovan Day (pseudonym)

Television

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  • 48 Hours Mystery – Producer – various episodes (1993 – current, CBS)
  • Survivor – Producer – "Surviving Survivor" special – (2010, CBS)
  • "All Access Grammy Special" – Producer (2009, CBS)
  • "39 Days"—Producer (2018, CBS News)

References

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  1. ^ "Reviewer". Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Lore Croghan, “Bronx tale: Ex-Newser Paul LaRosa’s memoir recalls youth in Soundview housing project,” New York Daily News, April 27, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Vince Cosgrove, “’Leaving Story Avenue: My Journey From the Projects to the Front Page:’ A book review,” Archived June 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine The Star-Ledger, May 6, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Douglas Martin, “About New York; Out On Strike: Fight on the Line, And in His Heart,” Archived March 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine New York Times, November 3, 1990.
  5. ^ a b Jotham Sederstrom, “Reporter’s Crime Expose A Hit,” New York Daily News, January 15, 2006.
  6. ^ Jerry Barmash, “CBS News Producer and Former Daily News Reporter Recounds Life in Memoir,” Archived May 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Mediabistro.com, March 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "Revson Fellow". Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  8. ^ Marisa Guthrie, “How to write a ‘Mystery’,” New York Daily News, April 21, 2007.
  9. ^ Sam Roberts, “Looking at New York as a target,” Archived May 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine New York Times, April 21, 2012.
  10. ^ La Rosa, Paul. "Reviewer for New York Journal of Books". www.nyjournalofbooks.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  11. ^ "New York Journal of Books". Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  12. ^ “Winners of the Mike Berger Award,” Archived May 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine journalism.columbia.edu. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  13. ^ “Journalism Awards,” Archived May 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine journalism.columbia.edu. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  14. ^ "9/11," Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Emmys.com. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  15. ^ “George Foster Peabody Award Winners,” Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine p. 91. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  16. ^ “The 54th Annual Christopher Award Winners,” Archived January 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Christophers.org. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  17. ^ “2003 Murrow National Winners,” Archived June 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Radio Television Digital News Association. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  18. ^ “Nominees for the 31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences,” Archived September 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine EmmyOnline.tv, July 15, 2010. Accessed May 23, 2012.
  19. ^ "The Gracies". Alliance for Women in Media. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  20. ^ "Advancing Women in Media". Alliance for Women in Media. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  21. ^ "NY Press Club" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
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