Awards & Winners

Donald Barlett

Date of Birth 17-July-1936
Place of Birth Johnstown
(Pennsylvania, Cambria County, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Donald L. Barlett
Profession Journalist, Author, Writer, Editor
Donald L. Barlett is an American investigative journalist and author who often collaborates with James B. Steele. According to The Washington Journalism Review they were a better investigative reporting team than even Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Together they have won two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Magazine Awards and six George Polk Awards. In addition, they have been recognized by their peers with awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors on five separate occasions. They are known for their reporting technique of delving deep into documents and then, after what could be a long investigative period, interviewing the necessary sources. The duo has been working together for over 40 years and is frequently referred to as Barlett and Steele.

Awards by Donald Barlett

Check all the awards nominated and won by Donald Barlett.

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
For their series \"America: What Went Wrong?\" which examined the public policy failures that have diminished the American middle class.

1989


Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
(For their 15-month investigation of "rifle shot" provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a series that aroused such widespread public indignation that Congress subsequently rejected proposals giving special tax breaks to many politically connected individuals and businesses.)

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
For their 15-month investigation of \"rifle shot\" provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a series that aroused such widespread public indignation that Congress subsequently rejected proposals giving special tax breaks to many politically connected individuals and businesses.

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
For their series \"Energy Anarchy.\"

1975


Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
(For their series 'Auditing the Internal Revenue Service,' which exposed the unequal application of Federal tax laws.)