Susanne Rust is an American investigative journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

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She graduated from Barnard College

Barnard College

Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...

 with a bachelor's degree, from University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

, with an MS in 1999.
In 2003, she started as a science reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She with Meg Kissinger

Meg Kissinger

Meg Kissinger is an American investigative journalist. She was born in Wilmette, IllinoisShe graduated from DePauw University in 1979.She with Susanne Rust investigated Bisphenol A. She has written extensively about the failures of the mental health system....

 investigated Bisphenol A

Bisphenol A

Bisphenol A is an organic compound with two phenol functional groups. It is used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, along with other applications....

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She is a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

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Rust currently works as an environmental reporter at California Watch

California Watch

California Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan investigative reporting group operated by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Writers and editors at the news organization track a variety of issues, including money and politics, the environment, health and welfare, public safety and...

, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting

Center for Investigative Reporting

The Center for Investigative Reporting is a non-profit journalism organization located in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1977 by Lowell Bergman, , and David Weir to reveal injustice and abuse of power through the tools of journalism....

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Awards

• 2009 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...
  
   finalist
• 2008 George Polk Award
• 2008 John B. Oakes award for distinguished environmental reporting
• Scripps Howard National Journalism award
• 2009 Grantham award of special merit

Work

• "Chemical Fallout", Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

External links

• Journalist's twitter
• "Exposé on the Journal: Chemicals In Our Food", Bill Moyers' Journal
• Bill Moyers: Transcript May 23, 2008
• "A talk with BPA muckraker Susanne Rust", MSU, April 7, 2009
• 2009 Grantham Prize Award Presentation to Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger Part 1 of 2
• "Science Suppressed: How America became obsessed with BPA"