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American journalist (1940–2023)
Lucy Morgan
Morgan, c. 1985
Born (1940-10-11 ) October 11, 1940Died September 20, 2023(2023-09-20) (aged 82) Occupations Spouses
[1]
Richard Morgan
(
m. 1968)
[1]
Children 3 (one deceased)
Lucy Ware Morgan
[2] (
née Keen ; October 11, 1940 – September 20, 2023) was an American long-time reporter and editorialist at the
Tampa Bay Times (previously known as the
St. Petersburg Times ) .
[3]
Life and career
Born in
Memphis, Tennessee on October 11, 1940,
[4] Morgan began her career at the
Ocala Star Banner in 1965,
[4] and moved to the St. Petersburg Times in 1968. While working full-time as a reporter, she attended
Pasco-Hernando State College and received her
associate degree .
[5]
In 1985, she and Jack Reed shared the
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for their coverage of corruption in the
Pasco County Sheriff's Office ; she was the first woman to win a
Pulitzer Prize in that category.
[4] In another case, in 1973, she was convicted of contempt for refusing to disclose a confidential
source ; the
Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1976.
[6] In 1982 she was a Pulitzer finalist for her investigation of drug trafficking in north central Florida counties.
[5]
[7] She became Capital Bureau chief in
Tallahassee in 1986 and later worked on special projects and as a columnist.
A 2012
All Things Considered profile described Morgan as "an institution in Florida".
[8] Seven years after her first announced retirement
[9] led to a continued active reporting career, she announced her full retirement in January 2013.
[10]
Morgan was inducted into the
Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.
[11] In 2005 the
Florida State Senate renamed its
press gallery in her honor.
[9]
[12]
Morgan's investigation into a $49.6 million mortgage fraud/
Ponzi scheme in
Glenville, North Carolina (where she was retired) by the
Miami developer Domenico Rabuffo — while he was in the
United States Federal Witness Protection Program
[13] — was the subject of the
American Greed episode "Goodfella Gone Bad".
Lucy Morgan died in Tallahassee on September 20, 2023, following complications from a fall in May. She was 82.
[1]
[14]
References
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a
b
c
d Traub, Alex (September 29, 2023).
"Lucy Morgan, Feared and Revered Florida Reporter, Dies at 82" . The New York Times . Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
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"Florida Reporter Gets 2D Jail Term" . The New York Times . 22 December 1973.
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[1] St. Petersburg Times - Aug 10, 2002
^
a
b
c Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage, eds., Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners (
Greenwood Publishing Group , 1999),
ISBN
978-1573561112 , p. 356.
Excerpts available at
Google Books .
^
a
b Alison Pruitt,
"Breaking the mold in journalism"
Archived 2013-08-25 at
archive.today , Community College Times , April 6, 2012.
^
[2] St. Petersburg Times - Jul 31, 1976 page 13
^
[3] St. Petersburg Times - Jun 22, 1982 page 34
^
Noah Adams ,
"After Decades, Journo Still Covers Fla. Legislature" ,
All Things Considered , January 31, 2012.
^
a
b
"'St. Pete' Legend Lucy Morgan to Retire" ,
Editor & Publisher , November 14, 2005.
^
"Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lucy Morgan retiring. Really."
Archived 2016-03-04 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Tampa Bay Times , January 7, 2013.
^
"Lucy W. Morgan"
Archived 2010-06-05 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Florida Women's Hall of Fame (accessed 2013-08-26).
^ George Michael and Michael Killenberg, Public Affairs Reporting Now: News of, by and for the People (
CRC Press , 2012),
ISBN
978-1136033216 , p. 106.
Excerpts available at
Google Books .
^
"Florida Developer Gets 27 Years in N.C. Mortgage Fraud Scheme" by Lucy Morgan
Tampa Bay Times September 30, 2014; accessed August 26, 2016
^
"Lucy Morgan, Pulitzer-winning force of Florida journalism, dies at 82" . Yahoo News . 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-09-21 .
External links
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)
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Sarah Cohen (2002)
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Mitch Weiss (2004)
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Susan Schmidt ,
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Barbara Laker ,
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Sheri Fink (2010)
Paige St. John (2011)
Matt Apuzzo ,
Adam Goldman ,
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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)
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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)
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Eli Murray (2022)
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The Wall Street Journal (2023)