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Janet Cooke
American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1954 · age 72
Janet Leslie Cooke 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, after admitting she had fabricated stories.
Janet Cooke is read about 192 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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The prize was awarded instead to Teresa Carpenter, a nominee who had lost to Cooke.
Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72
