Tracy Weber (journalist)
Tracy Weber | |
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_in_2019.jpg) Weber in 2019 | |
| Born | May 12, 1963 U.S. |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Tracy Weber in La Grange, Illinois an American journalist, a reporter for ProPublica.[1]
Tracy was one of the country's top track runners as a high school student. She recorded a 4:44.7 mile while competing for the Cindergals Running Club (San Jose) and Lynbrook High School in California.
She graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. and M.A. in Journalism in 1989. She was a reporter for the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times.[2]
In 2004, Weber and Charles Ornstein reported "The Trouble at King/Drew Hospital" in a series of articles for the Los Angeles Times.[1] The newspaper received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service "for its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital".[3][4] The series was also recognized by other journalism awards.[1]
Another series by Ornstein and Weber, "When Caregivers Harm: California's Unwatched Nurses" in 2009, was a finalist for the Public Service Pulitzer.[1] The citation recognized LA Times and ProPublica for "their exposure of gaps in California’s oversight of dangerous and incompetent nurses, blending investigative scrutiny and multimedia storytelling to produce corrective changes."[4] Weber is married, with two children.
Awards
[edit]- 2000 Pan American Health Organization Award
- 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (awarded to the Los Angeles Times)[1][3][5]
- 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award[1]
- 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service finalist[1][4]
- 2014 Health Policy Hero Award from National Center for Health Research[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Tracy Weber". 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Tracy Weber". Los Angeles Times. 4 April 2005.
- ^ a b "The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-03. With reprints of 20 works (L.A. Times articles, 18 published during December 2004).
- ^ a b c "Public Service". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
- ^ Eye on the Prize
- ^ "Foremother and Health Policy Hero Awards Luncheon". 7 May 2018.