Joe Mahr

Joe Mahr is an American investigative journalist, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.

Life

He was born in Genoa, Ohio and attended Genoa Area High School and the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism.

In 2004, Mahr was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting along with Mitch Weiss and Michael D. Sallah, for a series on the atrocites committed by Tiger Force, a U.S. Army platoon during the Vietnam War.[1] The trio also received The Medal by Investigative Reporters & Editors; a first-place Sigma Delta Chi Award for investigative reporting; a first-place Nieman Award presented by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, and a first-place award for investigative reporting by Associated Press Society of Ohio.

His investigative work for the Toledo Blade also included an investigation into allegations that the police in Toledo refused to arrest or investigate abusive priests[2] In addition to his Pulitzer Prize–winning work, Mahr has also written a series of stories looking at abuse and neglect in the mental health system for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

He currently writes for the Chicago Tribune[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kelly Lecker (2004-04-06). "Blade wins Pulitzer: Series exposing Vietnam atrocities earns top honor". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  2. ↑ Madeleine Brand (2005-08-02). "Report: Toledo Cops Refused to Probe Priest Abuse". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  3. ↑ Mahr, Joe. "Author Profile". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
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