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Richard Read

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Covers:  Breaking news, enterprise, features in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii.
Still freelancing, after 40 years as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, The Oregonian and other publications far and wide. *d1eef58f

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Richard Read’s Biography

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Rich is the Seattle Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.

A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Rich is a former foreign correspondent who reported in more than 60 countries for The Oregonian newspaper.

Rich won the 1999 Pulitzer for Explanatory Reporting for a series that explained Asia's financial crisis by following a container of french fries from a Northwest farm to a McDonald's in Singapore. He and three other reporters won The Oregonian the 2001 Public Service Pulitzer for exposing abuses…

Richard Read’s Journalist Portfolio

The French Fry Connection

The French Fry Connection

Four-part series explains Asia's financial crisis by following a container of french fries from a Pacific Nor…

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Liberty's Heavy Hand

Liberty's Heavy Hand

A national investigation by four reporters exposed widespread abuses by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalizati…

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Portland State University's 2 top fundraisers resign in wake of $100 million gift that never was

Portland State University's 2 top fundraisers resign in wake of $100 million gift that never was

"Even though this gift was never announced by PSU, the media coverage about the promised gift has overshadowe…

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Enrollment plunges at Marylhurst University, as feuds, financial losses threaten recovery

Enrollment plunges at Marylhurst University, as feuds, financial losses threaten recovery

The controversy over Marylhurst concerns how to save a financially troubled institution with traditions datin…

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UO whistleblowers: giving student's confidential therapy records to campus lawyers felt wrong

UO whistleblowers: giving student's confidential therapy records to campus lawyers felt wrong

The executive assistant to the director of the University of Oregon's Counseling Center disobeyed instruction…

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For-profit giant DeVry University to close Portland branch as fallout spreads in controversial in...

For-profit giant DeVry University to close Portland branch as fallout spreads in controversial in...

DeVry University's Portland campus will close, along with 13 other branches in the national chain, as fallout…

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Articles

Pralines for Provincetown

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By Richard Read 
| The Provincetown Independent
My grandmama was the best cook in our family, and she was particularly gifted at making sweet things. Her pound cake was the stuff of legend. Her divinity and fudge, perfection. But she never made pralines, despite living in Mississippi’s pecan belt. I assumed that she found them fiddly. Then I tried my own hand at divinity and thought, “Pralines can’t be worse than that.” Half an hour later, the scales had fallen from my eyes. Why had I waited so long?
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US-NEWS-RESCUE-OPERATIONS-PAY-LA

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By Richard Read 
| The Daily News (Longview, WA)
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Should irresponsible hikers be forced to pay for their rescue? This sheriff says yes

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By Richard Read 
| The Telegraph (Macon)
LOS ANGELES - The number of rescues in the wilderness areas around Mount St. Helens keep going up - and the actions of some of those before they call for help have drawn criticism as reckless. One man, 21, kayaked over a waterfall, suffering a spinal injury. A 54-year-old woman glissaded down Mount St. Helens - sliding down a snow-covered slope - and suffered a head injury when she struck a rock. Each of those rescues in May, in a remote, mountainous county, required six-hour efforts.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering a Rhode Island political corruption trial for UPI.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

IBM Selectric.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Tintin.

Awards

Pulitzer Prize

1999 - Explanatory Reporting

For a series explaining Asia's financial crisis.

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Pulitzer Prize

2001 - Public Service

For stories by four reporters exposing widespread abuses by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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