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James Ray Polk (September 12, 1937 – July 15, 2021) was an American journalist, known for his investigative reporting and coverage of American political corruption and fraud. Over the course of his career, he covered the Raymond Donovan investigations, the Bert Lance controversy, the Abscam scandal, and the financial dealings of John Zaccaro, husband of 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro. In 1974, Polk won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of the Watergate scandal for the now-defunct Washington, DC newspaper the Washington Star. (en) |
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James Ray Polk (September 12, 1937 – July 15, 2021) was an American journalist, known for his investigative reporting and coverage of American political corruption and fraud. Over the course of his career, he covered the Raymond Donovan investigations, the Bert Lance controversy, the Abscam scandal, and the financial dealings of John Zaccaro, husband of 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro. In 1974, Polk won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of the Watergate scandal for the now-defunct Washington, DC newspaper the Washington Star. (en) |
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