Harriet Ryan

Harriet Ryan
Born
Pennsylvania, United States
EducationColumbia University (BA)
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationLos Angeles Times
AwardsPulitzer Prize in 2019

Harriet Ryan is an American investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times. She is one of the recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2019.[1]

Biography

Ryan grew up in Pennsylvania and attended Lancaster Catholic High School.[2] In 1996, she graduated from Columbia University, where she had Andrew Delbanco as her advisor.[3] She is the third person in her class to have won the Pulitzer Prize, besides journalist Jodi Kantor and composer Tom Kitt.[4][5][6] She was also a former editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator.[7]

She started her journalism career at Asbury Park Press after graduating from Columbia. She then worked at Court TV for eight years, during which she covered high-profile trials of Michael Jackson, Phil Spector, and Scott Peterson before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2008.[8] Her focus has been on the "celebrity–industrial complex," the manufacture and exploitation of fame and celebrity in Los Angeles and its vicinity.[8]

Ryan was nominated for a Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative in 2017.[9] In 2019, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting with her colleagues Matt Hamilton and Paul Pringle for revealing complaints of sexual misconduct against former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  2. ^ Blest, Lindsey (22 April 2019). "Lancaster Catholic High graduate Harriet Ryan part of reporting team to earn Pulitzer Prize". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  3. ^ "Take Five with Harriet Ryan Lavietes '96". Columbia College Today. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  4. ^ Yuan, Elizabeth [@baoyuan] (2019-04-16). "Hooray to classmates @latimesharriet (I think she is 3rd @CC_Columbia '96er to win Pulitzer after Tom Kitt & @jodikantor) and @CC_Columbia '93 @mrothfeld (who also is 3rd @columbiajourn '98) to win a Pulitzer! (Last year it was JRN'98 @mccrummenWaPo! @beijingscribe too!) #awe! 🦁 https://t.co/c1jOSgoJLU" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2022-12-05 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Jodi Kantor CC '96 Takes Students Behind the Byline". Columbia College. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  6. ^ "Take Five with Tom Kitt '96". Columbia College Today. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  7. ^ "Columbia Spectator 21 June 1995 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  8. ^ a b Roderick, Kevin (June 9, 2008). "LAT hires celebrity court reporter". LA Observed. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  9. ^ "Finalists vie for nation's top honor given to journalists in business, financial reporting". UCLA. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  10. ^ "Q&A with Pulitzer Prize winner Harriet Ryan". Annenberg Media. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-09.