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American journalist
Leonora LaPeter Anton is an American journalist with the
Tampa Bay Times . Anton was a co-recipient of the 2016
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting .
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Biography
Anton grew up in
Connecticut , but spent a lot of her childhood living in Greece, where her mother was an archeologist and
Fulbright Scholar .
[1] She studied journalism at
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign .
[2]
Anton began her career writing for the Okeechobee News in
Okeechobee, Florida .
[2] In 1992, she was hired at
The Island Packet in
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina , where she covered environmental and health care topics.
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[2] Anton then worked at the
Tallahassee Democrat in
Tallahassee, Florida , and
Savannah Morning News in
Savannah, Georgia .
[2]
In 2000, Anton joined the Tampa Bay Times . That same year, she won the
American Society of News Editors award for deadline reporting.
[2]
Anton was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2016 for a series entitled "Insane. Invisible. In Danger," published in the Tampa Bay Times and
Sarasota Herald-Tribune .
[1] The series, co-authored by Michael Braga and
Anthony Cormier , unveiled the violence and neglect taking place at state-funded mental hospitals in the state of Florida.
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[4]
Personal life
Anton lives in
St. Petersburg, Florida with her husband Larry and one daughter.
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References
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975 1976–2000
Chicago Tribune (1976)
Acel Moore &
Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977)
Anthony R. Dolan (1978)
Gilbert M. Gaul &
Elliot G. Jaspin (1979)
Stephen Kurkjian ,
Alexander B. Hawes Jr. ,
Nils Bruzelius ,
Joan Vennochi &
Robert M. Porterfield (1980)
Clark Hallas &
Robert B. Lowe (1981)
Paul Henderson (1982)
Loretta Tofani (1983)
Kenneth Cooper ,
Joan Fitz Gerald ,
Jonathan Kaufman ,
Norman Lockman ,
Gary McMillan ,
Kirk Scharfenberg &
David Wessel (1984)
Lucy Morgan ,
Jack Reed &
William K. Marimow (1985)
Jeffrey A. Marx &
Michael M. York (1986)
Daniel R. Biddle ,
H.G. Bissinger ,
Fredric N. Tulsky &
John Woestendiek (1987)
Dean Baquet ,
William C. Gaines &
Ann Marie Lipinski (19)
Bill Dedman (1989)
Lou Kilzer (1990)
Joseph T. Hallinan &
Susan M. Headden (1991)
Lorraine Adams &
Dan Malone (1992)
Jeff Brazil &
Steve Berry (1993)
Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994)
Stephanie Saul &
Brian Donovan (1995)
The Orange County Register (1996)
Eric Nalder ,
Deborah Nelson &
Alex Tizon (1997)
Gary Cohn &
Will Englund (1998)
Miami Herald (1999)
Sang-Hun Choe ,
Charles J. Hanley &
Martha Mendoza (2000)
2001–2025
David Willman (2001)
Sari Horwitz ,
Scott Higham &
Sarah Cohen (2002)
Clifford J. Levy (2003)
Michael D. Sallah ,
Joe Mahr &
Mitch Weiss (2004)
Nigel Jaquiss (2005)
Susan Schmidt ,
James V. Grimaldi &
R. Jeffrey Smith (2006)
Brett Blackledge (2007)
Walt Bogdanich ,
Jake Hooker &
Chicago Tribune (2008)
David Barstow (2009)
Barbara Laker ,
Wendy Ruderman &
Sheri Fink (2010)
Paige St. John (2011)
Matt Apuzzo ,
Adam Goldman ,
Eileen Sullivan ,
Chris Hawley ,
Michael J. Berens &
Ken Armstrong (2012)
David Barstow &
Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013)
Chris Hamby (2014)
Eric Lipton &
The Wall Street Journal (2015)
Leonora LaPeter Anton ,
Anthony Cormier ,
Michael Braga &
Esther Htusan (2016)
Eric Eyre (2017)
The Washington Post (2018)
Matt Hamilton ,
Harriet Ryan &
Paul Pringle (2019)
Brian Rosenthal (2020)
Matt Rocheleau ,
Vernal Coleman ,
Laura Crimaldi ,
Evan Allen &
Brendan McCarthy (2021)
Corey G. Johnson ,
Rebecca Woolington &
Eli Murray (2022)
Staff of
The Wall Street Journal (2023)