Michael LaForgia
Michael LaForgia | |
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| Alma mater | University of South Carolina |
| Occupations | Journalist, editor |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting (2014, 2016) |
Michael LaForgia is a journalist and editor known for investigative reporting. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2014 with Will Hobson for a Tampa Bay Times investigation into poor conditions in housing used for homeless people in Hillsborough County, Florida. [1] He won the same prize again in 2016 with Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner for the newspaper's "Failure Factories" investigation into five schools in Pinellas County, Florida. [2][3]
LaForgia, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, studied English and worked at The Daily Gamecock. He spent six years as a reporter for The Palm Beach Post before joining the Tampa Bay Times in 2012, where he eventually became the newspaper’s investigations editor. [4][1] He joined "The New York Times" investigations team in 2017. [5] In 2022, he was named investigations editor for the newspaper's Metro desk. [6]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 "Will Hobson and Michael LaForgia". The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
- ↑ {cite web |title=Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner | url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/michael-laforgia-cara-fitzpatrick-and-lisa-gartner | website=The Pulitzer Prizes | publisher=Columbia University | access-date=August 11, 2026 }}
- ↑ Nesmith, Susannah (August 19, 2015). "The Tampa Bay Times' investigation is a model for how to report on school resegregation". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
- ↑ Brandhorst, Craig; Friedman, Rebekah (March 2, 2017). "Eyes on the Prizes". University of South Carolina. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Michael LaForgia". Princeton Journalism. Princeton University. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
- ↑ Dao, Jim (February 16, 2022). "The New York Times has a new investigations editor for Metro". Editor & Publisher. Retrieved August 11, 2026.