James Polk (journalist)
James Polk | |
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| Born | James Ray Polk September 12, 1937 Oaktown, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | July 15, 2021 (aged 83) Marietta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1962–2021 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize (1974) Raymond Clapper Memorial Award (1971, 1973) |
James Ray Polk (September 12, 1937 – July 15, 2021) was an American journalist, known for his investigative reporting and coverage of American political corruption and fraud. Over the course of his career, he covered the Raymond Donovan investigations, the Bert Lance controversy, the Abscam scandal, and the financial dealings of John Zaccaro, husband of 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro.
In 1971 and 1973, Polk won the Raymond Clapper Memorial Award for his Washington reporting for the now-defunct Washington, DC, newspaper The Washington Star. In 1974, he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his coverage of the Watergate scandal for the Star.