Wendy Ruderman is an American 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...

 for the Philadelphia Daily News. She won with Barbara Laker

Barbara Laker

Barbara Laker is an American journalist for the Philadelphia Daily News. She won with Wendy Ruderman the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:She grew up in Kent, England.She immigrated when she was 12....

 the 2010 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

She was raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, representing an increase of 1,080 from the 69,965 residents enumerated during the 2000 Census...

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She graduated from Western Maryland College

McDaniel College

McDaniel College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Westminster, Maryland, located 30 miles northwest of Baltimore. The college also has a satellite campus located in Budapest, Hungary. Until July 2002, it was known as Western Maryland College...

 with a BA in communications in 1991.
She was editor of The Williamstown Plain Dealer. In 1993, she worked public relations at WHYY-TV

WHYY-TV

For the former channel 12 in Wilmington, see WVUE .WHYY-TV, channel 12, is a non-commercial educational television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, USA...

. She graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...

with an MS in 1997.
She worked in the statehouse bureau of The Trenton Times, Associated Press and Bergen Record. She was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, beginning in December 2002.

The "Tainted Justice" series, brought about a FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation.

External links

• Journalist's twitter
• http://fora.tv/speaker/11563/Wendy_Ruderman