Joe Mahr is an American investigative journalist, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in print journalism...

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Life

He was born in Genoa, Ohio

Genoa, Ohio

Genoa is a village in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,230 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Genoa is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

 and attended Genoa Area High School

Genoa Area High School

Genoa Area High School is a public high school in Genoa, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Genoa Area Local School District. Their nickname is the Comets. Other towns included in the district are Curtice, Clay Center, Martin, and Williston....

 and the Honors Tutorial College

Honors Tutorial College

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 at Ohio University

Ohio University

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, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism.

In 2004, Mahr was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting along with Mitch Weiss

Mitch Weiss

Mitchell S. Weiss is an American investigative journalist, and editor of the Charlotte Observer. He won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, with Joe Mahr and Michael D. Sallah.-Life:...

 and Michael D. Sallah

Michael D. Sallah

Michael D. Sallah is a Pulitzer Prize- winning American investigative journalist from Toledo, Ohio.-Life:He graduated from St. John's Jesuit High School and the University of Toledo, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism....

, for a series on the atrocites committed by Tiger Force

Tiger Force

Tiger Force was a task force of the United States Army, 1st Battalion , 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade , 101st Airborne Division, which fought in the Vietnam War....

, a U.S. Army platoon during the Vietnam War. The trio also received The Medal by Investigative Reporters & Editors; a first-place Sigma Delta Chi Award

Sigma Delta Chi Award

The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in journalism.- History :The Awards, according to the SPJ, did not begin in 1932 when the society chose six individuals for their contributions to journalism. In 1939 the awards program began...

 for investigative reporting; a first-place Nieman Award presented by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism

Nieman Foundation for Journalism

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 at Harvard University

Harvard University

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, and a first-place award for investigative reporting by Associated Press Society of Ohio.

His investigative work for the Toledo Blade also included an investigation into allegations that the police in Toledo refused to arrest or investigate abusive priests
In addition to his Pulitzer-prize winning work, Mahr has also written a series of stories looking at abuse and neglect in the mental health system for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the Midwestern United States, and is available and read as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, as far south as...

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He currently writes for the Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...