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Elliot G. Jaspin
Born(1946-05-27)May 27, 1946
Mineola, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationColby College
OccupationJournalist
SpouseJanet Gail Thomas

Elliot G. Jaspin(born May 27, 1946) is aPulitzer Prize-winning Americanjournalist.

Jaspin graduated fromBaldwin Senior High Schoolin 1964 andColby Collegein 1969.

While writing for thePottsville, PennsylvaniaRepublican & Herald,he won the1979Pulitzer Prize for Investigative ReportingwithGilbert M. Gaulfor stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.

In the same year, Jaspin won aScripps Howard FoundationEdward J. MeemanAward and anAmerican Bar AssociationSilver Gavel Award.[1][2]

Published works[edit]

  • Jaspin, Elliot (2006).Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America.New York: Basic Books.ISBN0-465-03636-8.

References[edit]

  1. ^Brennan, E.A.; Clarage, E.C. (1999).Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners.Oryx Press. p.381.ISBN9781573561112.Retrieved2015-02-22.
  2. ^Fischer, H.D.; Fischer, E.J. (2002).Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2000: Journalists, Writers and Composers on Their Ways to the Coveted Awards.Saur. p. 45.ISBN9783598301865.Retrieved2015-02-22.
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