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Lisa Chedekel
Born(1960-11-19)November 19, 1960
DiedJanuary 12, 2018(2018-01-12) (aged 57)
NationalityAmerican
EducationWesleyan University
OccupationInvestigative journalist

Lisa Sharon Chedekel (November 19, 1960 – January 12, 2018) was an American investigative journalist.

Life and career

Chedekel graduated from Wesleyan University in 1982. She attended Phillips Academy in her hometown, Andover, Massachusetts.

At the Hartford Courant in 1998 she was on a team that provided "clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors, then himself," and won the following year's Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting with that citation.

Still at the Courant in 2006, she wrote stories about military mental health care which won national awards. She and Matthew Kauffman were finalists for the Investigative Reporting Pulitzer, citing "their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories."

In 2002, she was one of a few American journalists to visit and report from Saudi Arabia. In December 2010, she co-founded the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, a non-profit investigative news service focusing on health and safety.

On January 12, 2018, Chedekel died at the age of 57 from cancer, leaving two children, Bernard and Evelyn, and her wife, Isabel Morais.

Awards

Works

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References

  1. Davis, Emma. "Lisa Chedekel '82 nominated for Pulitzer for investigative reports". The Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  2. "The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "Investigative Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  4. "Lisa Chedekel, Veteran Reporter on Veterans Issues, Allegedly to Take Courant Buyout". Healing Combat Trauma. August 9, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  5. Vella, Vinny (January 13, 2018). "Lisa Chedekel, An Accomplished, Dogged Journalist, Dies At 57". Courant.com. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  6. "Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
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