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Timothy Leland

Timothy Leland is an American reporter, investigative journalist, and self-published author.[1] His career at The Boston Globe started in 1963 and spanned 36 years before retiring in October 1998 as the Assistant to the Publisher and vice president of the company.[2]

He is best known as the creator and founding editor of the Spotlight Team, the Boston Globe's investigative reporting unit. In 1972, he received the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and served as a Pulitzer Prize Juror for International Reporting in 1981.[3]

Life[edit]

Leland was born on September 24, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Noble and Greenough School (1956)[4] and Harvard (1960) where he graduated cum laude. He received his Master of Science with honors from Columbia School of Journalism in 1961.[3]

1968 Cited by the for outstanding public affairs reporting[11]

American Political Science Association

1971 national award for Distinguished Public Service in newspaper journalism[12]

Sigma Delta Chi

1972 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

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1973 AP Managing Editors Association's Public Service Award

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2016 Noble and Greenough School Distinguished Graduate Award

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