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Ken Armstrong

b. 1962

American journalist

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About Ken Armstrong

Born 1962. Ken Armstrong is an American journalist.

Ken Armstrong is a senior investigative reporter at ProPublica.

He has worked at The Marshall Project, the Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, the Newport News Daily Press, and the Anchorage Times. He was a 2001 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and in 2002, was the McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton University.

He is married to Ramona Hattendorf; they live in Seattle with their two children, Waters (Emmett) and Skye.

Awards 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (with T. Christian Miller) 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting (with Michael J. Berens) Shared in Pulitzer Prize for breaking news (2010, 2015) 2011 Edgar Award for non-fiction 2010 Michael Kelly Award 2009 John Chancellor Award Winner 2004 Excellence in Legal Journalism Award 1999; 2008; 2014; 2015 George Polk Award Investigative Reporters and Editors Award six times Pulitzer Prize finalist, four times

Works (with T. Christian Miller) Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity, Ken Armstrong, Nick Perry, UNP, Bison Original, 2010, "'Until I Can Be Sure': How the Threat of Executing the Innocent has Transformed the Death Penalty Debate"

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Harvard University
Employers
Princeton University, ProPublica, Chicago Tribune
Awards
George Polk Award; Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting; Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame; John Chancellor Award; Michael Kelly Award; Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting; The Sidney Award; Worth Bingham Prize

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ken Armstrong?

American journalist

When was Ken Armstrong born?

Ken Armstrong was born on 4 December 1962.

What is Ken Armstrong's occupation?

Ken Armstrong is a journalist.

What nationality is Ken Armstrong?

Ken Armstrong is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ken Armstrong

· Wikidata: Q6387252

· DBpedia: Ken Armstrong (journalist)

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