Barbara Laker is an American journalist for the Philadelphia Daily News. With Wendy Ruderman, she won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
Early life and education Laker grew up in Kent, England. She immigrated to the United States when she was 12. She graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1979.
Career In 1993, Laker joined the staff of the Philadelphia Daily News as a general assignment reporter. She has also worked for the Clearwater Sun, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Dallas Times-Herald, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Laker's "Tainted Justice" series brought about an FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation.
Works Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love, HarperCollins, 2014, 978-0-06-208544-3
References
External links , Philadelphia Daily News, Barbara Laker, Chris Brennan, Wendy Ruderman, December 24, 2010 "Covering 'Tainted Justice' And Winning A Pulitzer", NPR "Daily News Pulitzer Prize winners Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman", WHYY, April 14, 2010 journalist's Twitter