Mitchell S. Weiss is an American investigative journalist, and editor of the Charlotte Observer. He 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...

, with Joe Mahr

Joe Mahr

Joe Mahr is an American investigative journalist, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:He was born in Genoa, Ohio and attended Genoa Area High School and the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism.In 2004,...

 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....

.

Life

Weiss is a native of New York City

New York City

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. He 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 an MS in journalism in 1982. He was an Associated Press

Associated Press

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 reporter in Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

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 and Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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. From 1998 to 2005 he worked for The Blade

The Blade (newspaper)

The Blade is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, first published on December 19, 1835.- Overview :David Ross Locke gained national fame for the paper during the Civil War era by writing under the pen name Petroleum V. Nasby. Writing under the pen name, Locke wrote satires ranging on topics from...

. In 2005, he was deputy business editor of The Charlotte Observer. In 2008, he was correspondent to the Charlotte Bureau of the Associated Press.

Weiss teaches journalism at the University of South Carolina Upstate

University of South Carolina Upstate

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. He was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award

Gerald Loeb Award

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in 2009.

External links

• http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/Home/michael-sallah-mitch-weiss.aspx
• http://fora.tv/2006/06/01/Michael_Sallah_and_Mitch_Weiss