Tim Rutten is an American journalist who worked for the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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between 1971 and 2011.

He started at the paper as a copy editor in the View section. Before becoming a columnist for the Calendar section in 2002, he held a number of positions, including city bureau chief and editorial writer. He was laid off in a staff cutback in 2011.

A native of San Bernardino, California

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, he majored in political science at California State University, Los Angeles

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Awards

Rutten won a 1991 award from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club for editorial writing. He wrote about the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which won him a share of a 1995 Pulitzer Prize

1995 Pulitzer Prize

- Journalism awards :*Public Service:**Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, for its disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system...

 awarded to the staff of the Times for Breaking News Reporting

Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

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. In 2007, he was honored by the Anti-Defamation League for advancing the ideals of the First Amendment.