Lisa Getter ia an American investigative journalist.
She won the 1995 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting is an award for journalists administered by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. The program was launched in 1991, with the goal of exposing examples of poor government, and encouraging good...

, with Lizette Alvarez

Lizette Alvarez

Lizette Alvarez is an American journalist, and Miami Bureau Chief, for The New York Times.She won the 1995 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, with Lisa Getter....

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She won a 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or news site through the use of its journalistic resources. Those resources, as well as reporting, may include editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics,...

, and 1999 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...

, with the Miami Herald.

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She graduated from Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

, with a BS in journalism.
She was investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, and the Los Angeles Times.
She was a 1995 Nieman Fellow.
She was a Committee of Concerned Journalists

Committee of Concerned Journalists

The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a U.S. non-profit consortium of journalists, publishers, media owners, academics and citizens worried about the future of the profession....

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She was on the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors

Investigative Reporters and Editors

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that focuses on the quality of investigative reporting. Formed in 1975, it presents the IRE Awards and holds conferences and training classes for journalists. Its headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri, at the University of...

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She is Editorial Director of UCG.