Michael D. Sallah is a Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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- winning American

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 investigative journalist

Investigative journalism

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 from Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

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Life

He graduated from St. John's Jesuit High School and the University of Toledo

University of Toledo

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, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

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While working for The Toledo Blade

The Blade (newspaper)

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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 was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize

2004 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes for 2004 were announced on April 5, 2004.The Los Angeles Times won five journalism awards, the most that the newspaper has ever won in a single year and second only to The New York Times in 2002 for the most won in a year by any paper.-Journalism awards:* Beat Reporting:**Daniel...

 for Investigative Reporting

Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

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 along with Mitch Weiss

Mitch Weiss

Mitchell S. Weiss is an American investigative journalist, and editor of the Charlotte Observer. He won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, with Joe Mahr and Michael D. Sallah.-Life:...

 and Joe Mahr

Joe Mahr

Joe Mahr is an American investigative journalist, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:He was born in Genoa, Ohio and attended Genoa Area High School and the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism.In 2004,...

 for a series on the atrocites by Tiger Force

Tiger Force

Tiger Force was a task force of the United States Army, 1st Battalion , 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade , 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the Vietnam War....

, a U.S. Army

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 platoon during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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. The trio also received The Medal by Investigative Reporters & Editors; a first-place Sigma Delta Chi Award

Sigma Delta Chi Award

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 for investigative reporting; a first-place Nieman Award presented by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism

Nieman Foundation for Journalism

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 at Harvard University, and a first-place award for investigative reporting by Associated Press Society of Ohio.

He is currently an investigations editor and reporter at The Miami Herald

The Miami Herald

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, where he has directed numerous projects including a series on public housing corruption that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.

External links

• Interview on Tiger Force at the Pritzker Military Library
  Pritzker Military Library
  The Pritzker Military Library is a research library for the study of military history in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 2003 by COL James N. Pritzker, IL ARNG to be a non-partisan institution for the study of "the citizen soldier as an essential element for the preservation of...