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Barbara Laker

Barbara Laker is an American journalist for the Philadelphia Daily News. She won with Wendy Ruderman the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.[1]

Life[edit]

She grew up in Kent, England. She immigrated when she was 12. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a BJ in 1979.[2] She worked for the Clearwater Sun, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Dallas Times-Herald, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.[3]


The "Tainted Justice" series, brought about an FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation.[4]

, HarperCollins, 2014, 978-0-06-208544-3

Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love

Philadelphia Daily News, Barbara Laker, Chris Brennan, Wendy Ruderman, December 24, 2010

"City reveals 47 arbitration decisions involving Philadelphia cops"

NPR

"Covering 'Tainted Justice' And Winning A Pulitzer"

WHYY, April 14, 2010

"Daily News Pulitzer Prize winners Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman"

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