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Paul LaRosa

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  • News Writer and Producer, 48 Hours, CBS News
As seen in: CBS News, LinkedIn, Medium, The New York Times, Yahoo Entertainment, Color Research & Application, HuffPost, Yahoo News, Aol, CBS Moneywatch, Flipboard and
Covers:  justice system, police, crime, murder, yoga, publishing, health, law & order, books
Doesn't Cover: politics, government
writer/producer, CBS News/48 Hours. Memoir: “Leaving Story Avenue” Also: professional book reviewer, frustrated guitarist, lap swimmer

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Paul LaRosa’s Biography

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I'm a producer for CBS News/48 Hours but also the author of 6 books including my well-received memoir "Leaving Story Avenue; my journey from the projects to the front page."

Four time Emmy winner and have won every major award in television and most in print, including DuPont, Murrow and Gracie Awards (3 times)

I was once a newspaper reporter for The NY Daily News and am a writer at heart. I've won four Emmys, a Peabody, an Edward R. Murrow, a DuPont and 3 Gracie Awards. In print, I've won the…

Paul LaRosa’s Journalist Portfolio

Leaving Story Avenue: My Journey From the Projects to the Front Page

Leaving Story Avenue: My Journey From the Projects to the Front Page

"The 'CBS News' producer Paul LaRosa...has written a captivating and vivid memoir, which takes readers on a b…

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Could Hemingway be cancelled?

Could Hemingway be cancelled?

I love Hemingway. I love the way he writes and I admire his ear and mind. The music of his prose. He knew dia…

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News...what is it good for?

News...what is it good for?

Once up a time, I was a daily newspaper reporter in the days before the internet. Yes, those days actually ex…

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Ok so I took 'Queens Gambit' too seriously...

Ok so I took 'Queens Gambit' too seriously...

In the depths of the coronavirus 'stay at home or risk death by cough' pandemic, there appeared a Netflix ser…

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My leg's not screwed on right....

My leg's not screwed on right....

I was taking a walk with my wife and she asked how my aching leg/hip was feeling. "Well," I said, "It's not p…

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Did a father use his 6-year-old son as an alibi for murder?

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Reginald Reed Jr., known as Reggie, spent more than two decades wondering who killed his mother, Selonia Reed, when he was only 6 years old. Selonia, a bank teller, was 26 when her body was found in her car in Hammond, Louisiana. One of the last memories Reggie has of that day is his mother buying him a chocolate chip cookie at the Hammond Square Mall. He also remembers her kissing him goodbye but everything else is a blur.
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How an undercover sting at a Phoenix Chili's led to the capture of the canal killer

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Cold case Detective Clark Schwartzkopf was working a double murder case from the early 1990s and had arranged to meet a person of interest at a Chili's restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona. The idea was to get the possible suspect's DNA so forensic investigators could determine if it matched male DNA found on the bodies of the two female victims, Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas.
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Daughter of man terrorized by "Son of "Sam" visits him in prison

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This story was originally posted in Aug. 11, 2017. It was updated on Aug. 2, 2025. Shayna Glassman knows her family does not want her to write and visit with David Berkowitz, the infamous "Son of Sam" serial killer. "My family told me, 'Shayna — don't pursue this,'" she said. And she certainly knows how her deceased father would feel. "A relative told me, 'Your dad would be so mad at you,'" Shayna Glassman said.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

i was a copyboy at the New York Daily News in its heyday

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, proudly!

How is social media changing news?

Makes everyone a citizen journalist