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Tom McGinty

Tom McGinty

American journalist

This article is about the American journalist. For the Scottish-Irish mime, see Thom McGinty.

Tom McGinty is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist known for his use and advocacy of computer-assisted reporting.

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Early life

McGinty grew up in Utica, New York.[1] He moved to Minnesota with his family when he was 15.[2] He attended college in Minnesota before moving to Utica College of Syracuse University in New York State, where he graduated in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in public relations and journalism.[1][2][3]

Career

McGinty began his career in 1993 working for the Times of Trenton in New Jersey.[2][3] In 1999, he joined Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) as the training director teaching journalists how to use the Internet to aid their investigations.[4] He left in 2001 to join Newsday as a staff writer.[5]

McGinty and fellow Newsday reporters wrote a series of articles in 2004 detailing their investigation into a circulation scandal at the newspaper.[6] Executives had been inflating circulation numbers and the newspaper staff wanted to know how bad the corruption was, so they investigated the scandal themselves.[6][7] Their 75+ articles published from July through December were finalists for a 2004 IRE Award.[6][8]

McGinty left Newsday to join The Wall Street Journal at the beginning of 2008 as an investigative reporter specializing in computer-assisted reporting.[3][9] While there, his work was a finalist for several awards.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] He earned the 2011 and 2012 Gerald Loeb Awards for Online Enterprise.[17][18] He was part of a team that sifted through newly released Medicare records and produced a series of reports called "Medicare Unmasked" that earned the 2014 FOI Award from the IRE,[15] the 2015 Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative business journalism,[19] and shared the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism.[20][21] In 2018, he received the New York Press Club Award for Consumer Reporting (Newspaper) for the report, "The Morningstar Mirage".[22]

Personal life

McGinty is married to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jo Craven McGinty.[23]

References

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    Ndegeocello, Me'Shell (May 1, 2001). "Keeping the newsroom current". The Quill. Retrieved February 16, 2019 – via TheFreeLibrary.com.
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    "MEMBER NEWS: New Training Director named for IRE, NICAR". IRE Journal. No. July/August 2001. July 1, 2001. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
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    "Newsday Circulation Scandal". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
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    Twaroski, Christopher (July 22, 2004). "CREDIBILITY GAP: Newsday Reports Half The Truth". Long Island Press. Archived from the original on August 10, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
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    "2004 IRE Awards winners". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
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    Koblin, John (February 27, 2008). "Wating for Sam: Zell hovering as Newsday shakes". Observer.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
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    "The New York Press Club Journalism Awards". The New York Press Club. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "2013 Philip Meyer Award winners". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "2012 Deadline Club Awards Winners". Deadline Club. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "2008 IRE Awards winners". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "2014 IRE Award winners". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "Previous Winners and Finalists". Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 28, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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    "UCLA Anderson Announces 2012 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 26, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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    "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2015 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 24, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
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    Hutchins, Sarah (April 21, 2015). "IRE members recognized in 2015 Pulitzer Prizes". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "Bloomberg News Expose of Kushner Real Estate Holdings wins Gold Keyboard in 2018 New York Press Club Awards" (PDF). New York Press Club. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "New York-based alumni offer advice to students". Elon University School of Communications. March 23, 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
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