Janet Cooke
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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 fabricated stories. The prize was awarded instead to Teresa Carpenter, a nominee who had lost to Cooke.
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Born | Janet Leslie Cooke (1954-07-23) July 23, 1954 (age 69) Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
Education | University of Toledo (BA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 1977–1981 |
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