1. Lou Kilzer was an American investigative journalist and author and a two time Pulitzer Prize Winner.
11 Facts About Lou Kilzer
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Lou Kilzer has won over a dozen national journalism awards, including the George Polk Award for National Reporting, and the IRE award for investigative journalism.
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In 1994, Lou Kilzer returned to the Denver Post as investigations editor, followed by five years as investigative reporter where he had begun his career: Rocky Mountain News.
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Lou Kilzer covered the insider stock trading by Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio and appeared before his stock fraud indictment and conviction.
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In 2008, Lou Kilzer accepted the job of editor-in-chief of the JoongAng Daily in Seoul, South Korea.
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Lou Kilzer returned to the United States in 2010, taking a job on the investigative unit of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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Lou Kilzer retired and moved with his wife, Liz, to Costa Rica where he pursued a book writing career.
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Lou Kilzer won the award, together with fellow reporter Andrew Conte and Investigations Editor Jim Wilhelm for work published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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Kirkus Reviews called the book "an audacious rereading of the diplomatic history" of World War II," in which Lou Kilzer argues "that Winston Churchill deliberately nurtured Hitler's illusion that powerful British factions sought an end to the war on terms favorable to Nazi Germany, and thus outwitted Hitler into starting a war against the Soviets that Germany could not win.
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Lou Kilzer was born in Cody, Wyoming, the son of Robert and Marjorie Lou Kilzer.
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Lou Kilzer died from various ongoing illnesses at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on March 27,2024.