Janet Cooke - Wikipedia
Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is an American former journalist. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for an article written for The Washington Post. The story was later discovered to have been fabricated and Cooke returned the prize, the only person to date to do so, [1] after admitting she had
The fabulist who changed journalism - Columbia Journalism Review
Jun 1, 2016 · On April 13, 1981, Cooke was awarded a Pulitzer. She won after the well-intentioned Pulitzer committee, enthusiastic about both Cooke’s story and the possibility of awarding the first Pulitzer in journalism ever to an African-American woman, juggled her entry from the local-news category to the feature-writing category in order to assure her ...
JANET COOKE'S UNTOLD STORY - The Washington Post
May 9, 1996 · Cooke won a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for a bogus story in The Post about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy," then admitted after a lengthy interrogation that she had made it all up.
Janet Cooke: The Pulitzer Prize That Had to Be Returned
Sep 7, 2024 · Janet Cooke's fabricated story and returned Pulitzer Prize sparked discussions about media representation and journalistic integrity. The incident highlighted crucial issues in reporting and public trust.
WRITER WHO FABRICATED STORY TELLS OF PRESSURE 'TO BE …
Jan 29, 1982 · Janet Cooke, a Washington Post reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize last year for a fabricated report about a young heroin addict, says she made up the story because she had spent two...
Janet Cooke And The Story That Never Happened
Sep 3, 2020 · Written by an up-and-coming reporter named Janet Cooke, the piece rocked Washington and the nation. City officials began scouring Southeast for the boy, and the story won Cooke the highest honor in journalism, the Pulitzer Prize, but it was not true.
Press: A Fraud in the Pulitzers - TIME
Apr 27, 1981 · For a glorious Monday last week, Janet Cooke, 26, hit the jackpot. Her sensational account of “Jimmy,” an eight-year-old heroin addict, had won the Pulitzer for feature writing, and she seemed...
Janet Cooke's Life: The Picture-Perfect Tale : The Saga of the Pulitzer …
May 28, 1996 · In a May 16 bidding war, TriStar Pictures committed a whopping $1.6 million for the movie rights, payable in full when principal photography begins. That Cooke, whose 1981 Pulitzer...
On journalistic authority: The Janet Cooke scandal
May 18, 2009 · In 1981 a Pulitzer Prize for journalism was forfeited for the first time in the history of the award. Janet Cooke, a young, black reporter for the Washington Post, returned her prize for feature writing after it was discovered that the subject of her prize‐winning story, an eight‐year‐old heroin‐user, was a fabrication.
Janet Cooke explains why she did it - UPI Archives
Jan 28, 1982 · NEW YORK -- Janet Cooke, whose 'Jimmy's World' story about an 8-year-old junkie won her the Pulitzer prize but which later proved false says she did it because she was terribly afraid of...