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Bill Dedman is an American journalist who received a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Dedman started in journalism there at age 16 as a copy boy. He was a newspaper reporter in Warrensburg, Missouri; Chattanooga; Knoxville; and at The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.

In 1989, Dedman received the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for "The Color of Money," a series of articles in Bill Kovach's Atlanta Journal-Constitution on racial discrimination by mortgage lenders.

He has taught advanced reporting as an adjunct lecturer at Boston University, Northwestern University and the University of Maryland. He was the first director of computer-assisted reporting for The Associated Press, and served for six years on the board of directors of Investigative Reporters and Editors.

Dedman is managing editor for Telegraph of Nashua in New Hampshire. He is also editor of Power Reporting, a database of databases designed to assist journalists in research.

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