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* Blackledge, Brett J. (May 7, 2006) "Relatives given jobs, other perks." | * Blackledge, Brett J. (May 7, 2006) "Relatives given jobs, other perks." {{BN}} | ||
* Blackledge, Brett J. (July 14, 2006) "Records show many officials have relatives within system." | * Blackledge, Brett J. (July 14, 2006) "Records show many officials have relatives within system." {{BN}} | ||
* Blackledge, Brett J. (October 8, 2006) "Dozens of legislators paid by two-year colleges." | * Blackledge, Brett J. (October 8, 2006) "Dozens of legislators paid by two-year colleges." {{BN}} | ||
* "Prize-winning reporter leaving Birmingham." (June 22, 2008) ''Tuscaloosa News'' | * "Prize-winning reporter leaving Birmingham." (June 22, 2008) ''Tuscaloosa News'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:08, 3 January 2020
Brett J. Blackledge (born 1963 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter formerly with the Birmingham News.
Blackledge earned his bachelor of arts in journalism at Louisiana State University in 1986 and took a job in New Orleans with the Associated Press. He later moved to AP bureaus in Jackson, Mississippi and Tulsa, Oklahoma before taking a job with The Journal Newspapers in the Washington D.C. area. As a reporter for Education Daily, Blackledge covered Federal government actions as they related to education.
In 1993 Blackledge became a local government reporter at the Mobile Register. In 1998 he moved to Birmingham to take a job at the News covering general assignments and special projects.
Blackledge's investigation into corruption in the Alabama two-year college system resulted in a string of front page articles beginning in April, 2006. For exposing the scandal, Blackledge was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting on April 16, 2007.
In 2008 Blackledge left the News to become an Associated Press investigative reporter.
Representative articles
- Blackledge, Brett J. (May 7, 2006) "Relatives given jobs, other perks." The Birmingham News
- Blackledge, Brett J. (July 14, 2006) "Records show many officials have relatives within system." The Birmingham News
- Blackledge, Brett J. (October 8, 2006) "Dozens of legislators paid by two-year colleges." The Birmingham News
- "Prize-winning reporter leaving Birmingham." (June 22, 2008) Tuscaloosa News