Paul Pringle

Pringle earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and journalism from California State University, Northridge in 1978 and a Master of Arts in journalism from Pennsylvania State University, where he was a columnist for The Daily Collegian.{{cite web |last=Ali |first=Leena |date=April 22, 2019 |title=CSUN Alumnus Wins Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism |url=http://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/alumni/csun-alumnus-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-investigative-journalism/ |access-date=April 23, 2019 |website=Csunshinetoday.csun.edu}}

Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2001, Pringle worked as West Coast bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News from 1998 to 2001 and as Los Angeles bureau chief for Copley News Service from 1984 to 1998. He also worked as a stringer for The Tampa Tribune and taught journalism part-time at Cal State Northridge.

Pringle is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He has covered stories that include the 2004 California wildfires, corruption in the Service Employees International Union, misspending in Los Angeles's community colleges, corruption in Bell, California, abuses by the Coliseum Commission, drug use by former USC Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen Puliafito and a subsequent lack of response by the Pasadena Police Department, and the alleged abuse of women by USC gynecologist George Tyndall.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/la-bio-paul-pringle-staff.html|title=Paul Pringle|website=Los Angeles Times}}

His book, Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels, is a behind-the-scenes look at his investigation into Puliafito and the consequent exposure of corruption at USC, the Pasadena Police Department, and the Los Angeles Times. The book was published by Celadon Books in 2022. It describes his year-long struggle to get the story of Puliafito's drug-fueled sexual activities published. Pringle's reporting on the case began with a March 2016 overdose incident, but his superiors at the Times refused to publish the story, because they did not want to offend USC.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/books/review/bad-city-paul-pringle.html|title=Book review: U.S.C. Sex Scandals and the Paper That Tried to Cover Them Up|last=Benner|first=Katie|date=July 13, 2022|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 July 2022}} He and colleagues persisted, continuing to research the case, until the Times finally published the report in July 2017, long after Puliafito had resigned as dean.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-usc-doctor-20170717-htmlstory.html|title=An overdose, a young companion, drug-fueled parties: The secret life of a USC med school dean|date=July 17, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=14 July 2022}} Katie Benner of The New York Times wrote that "Pringle’s fast-paced book is a master class in investigative journalism," adding "Pringle delivers his account in a torrent of sharp storytelling and righteous score-settling that might seem petty if the stakes were not so grave."

• 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for What Do You Save From a House Full of Memories?{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-58|title=The 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting|website=Pulitzer.org|access-date=25 November 2021}}
• 2008 George Polk Award{{cite web|date=February 17, 2009|author=Joe Mozingo |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-17-me-polk17-story.html |title=Times' Paul Pringle wins George Polk Award for SEIU stories - latimes |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |access-date=2016-12-06}}{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/readers/2009/02/editor-russ-sta.html|title=Paul Pringle wins Polk Award for labor reporting|website=Latimesblogs.latimes.com|date=17 February 2009|access-date=6 December 2016}}
• 2008 Distinguished Journalist, by the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists{{Cite web|url=http://spjla.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/spjla-announces-journalism-award-winners/|title=SPJ/LA Announces Journalism Award Winners « Society of Professional Journalists – Greater Los Angeles Chapter|date=23 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123173322/http://spjla.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/spjla-announces-journalism-award-winners/|access-date=25 November 2021|archive-date=2010-01-23}}
• 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting Finalist{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Investigative-Reporting |title=The Pulitzer Prizes |publisher=Pulitzer.org |access-date=2016-12-06}}
• 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
• 2012 Harvard University's Worth Bingham Prize{{Cite web|url=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2012/03/los-angeles-times-wins-bingham-prize-for-billions-to-spend/|title=Los Angeles Times wins Bingham Prize for "Billions to Spend"|website=Nieman.harvard.edu|access-date=25 November 2021}}
• 2014 California Newspaper Publishers Association's 1st Amendment Award
• 2015 University of Florida's Joseph L. Brechner Award {{Cite web|url=https://brechner.org/2015/04/13/the-los-angeles-times-wins-29th-annual-brechner-award/|title = The Los Angeles Times Wins 29th Annual Brechner Award – Brechner Center for Freedom of Information|website=Brechner.org}}
• 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

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