Lisa Chedekel
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Lisa Chedekel | |
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| Born | November 19, 1960 |
| Died | January 12, 2018 (aged 57) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Wesleyan University |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
Lisa Sharon Chedekel (November 19, 1960 - January 12, 2018) was an American investigative journalist.
Life and career
Chedekel graduated from Wesleyan University in 1982.[1] She attended Phillips Academy in her hometown, Andover, Massachusetts.
At the Hartford Courant in 1998 she was on a team [citation needed] that provided "clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors, then himself," and won next year's Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting with that citation.[2]
Still at the Courant in 2006, she wrote stories on military mental health care which won national awards. She and Matthew Kauffman were finalists for the Investigative Reporting Pulitzer, citing "their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories."[3][4]
In 2002, she was one of a few American journalists to visit and report from Saudi Arabia. In December 2010, she co-founded the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, a non-profit investigative news service focusing on health and safety.[citation needed]
On January 12, 2018, Chedekel died at age 57 from cancer, leaving two children, Bernard and Evelyn, and her wife, Isabel Morais.[5]
Awards
- 2007 finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting[3]
- 2006 George Polk Award
- 2006 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting
- 2006 Worth Bingham Prize
- 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting[2]
Works
- "Military Psychiatric Screening Still Lags," Hartford Courant, Matthew Kauffman, Lisa Chedekel, March 9, 2008
See also
References
- ^ Davis, Emma. "Lisa Chedekel '82 nominated for Pulitzer for investigative reports". The Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ^ a b "Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
- ^ a b "Investigative Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
- ^ "Lisa Chedekel, Veteran Reporter on Veterans Issues, Allegedly to Take Courant Buyout". Healing Combat Trauma. 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ^ Vella, Vinny. "Lisa Chedekel, An Accomplished, Dogged Journalist, Dies At 57". Courant.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- 2018 deaths
- American investigative journalists
- 1960 births
- Phillips Academy alumni
- Wesleyan University alumni
- People from Andover, Massachusetts
- Writers from Boston
- Hartford Courant people
- Boston University people
- George Polk Award recipients
- Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting winners
- American lesbian writers
- LGBT people from Massachusetts
- 21st-century American women