Russell John Carollo was an American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, who worked as an investigative reporter for numerous publications, including the Dayton Daily News, the Los Angeles Times, and The Sacramento Bee.
13 Facts About Russell Carollo
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Russell Carollo shared the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, with Jeff Nesmith, at the Dayton Daily News for uncovering mismanagement in military healthcare.
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In 2004, Carollo and Mei-Ling Hopgood, were the recipients of the Edgar A Poe Award, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting, the Clark Mollenhoff award, and were finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, for the series of investigative reports, "Casualties of Peace," published in 2003.
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Russell Carollo's specialties included computer-assisted reporting, state public records, the military, and long-term investigative projectsa, and use o f the Freedom of Information Act, which he used to make between 75 and 150 requests and appeals each year.
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Russell Carollo was a native of Lacombe in St Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Russell Carollo's parents, Victor and Norma Carollo, were American-Italians; his father was a veteran, having served during World War II.
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Russell Carollo graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism, and from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor's degree in history.
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Russell Carollo worked as a special projects reporter for the Sacramento Bee, the Los Angeles Times, and beginning in 1990, the Dayton Daily News.
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At the time of his death, Russell Carollo worked as a freelance journalist and consultant based out of Colorado.
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Russell Carollo's specialties included computer-assisted reporting, state public records, the military, and long-term investigative projects.
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Russell Carollo was adept at using the Freedom of Information Act, which he used to make between 75 and 150 requests and appeals a year.
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Russell Carollo, already experienced in covering overseas projects, and Hopgood, having been with the Dayton Daily News since 2001, were the lead writers on the project.
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Additionally, as part of their research, Russell Carollo made over 75 FOIA request and appeals with the Peace Corps, the FBI, the Department of State, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration.