William Mullen (journalist)

William Mullen (October 11, 1944) was an American editor and correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, which he joined in 1967. In 1972, he was engaged in exposing presidential election fraud. The irregularities he documented brought the Chicago Tribune a Pulitzer Prize in 1973. In 1975, the correspondent won Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting together with photographer Ovie Carter.[1][2]

For other people with the same name, see William Mullen.

Early life and education

William Mullen was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He attended the State University and joined the La Crosse Tribune in 1966. The same year, he was hired by the Wisconsin State Journal.

Career

Mullen joined the Chicago Tribune after graduating in 1967. The editorials assigned him as an undercover agent in the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. The irregularities documented by him helped the Chicago Tribune win the Pulitzer Prize in 1973.[1][2]

During the summer and fall of 1974, William Mullen and Ovie Carter were traveling across Africa and India. Their journey results in the series of articles "The Faces of Hunger" which brought Mullen a second Pulitzer Prize in 1975. Over the years, the journalist was awarded the Jakob Scher Award for Investigative reporting; Edward Scott Beck Award; School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Wisconsin Award. In 1988, Mullen managed to get into the Tutsi camps in southern Uganda to interview locals about Rwanda's genocide. The journalist focused on general assignment reporting after his marriage in the mid-1980s.[3][1][4]

References
  1. Brennan 1999.
  2. Fischer 2014.
  3. "Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prizes". Chicago Tribune. June 15, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  4. Michael Miner (October 2, 2012). "Bill Mullen". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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