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Robert Salladay

As seen in: Medium, Los Angeles Times, SFGate, The Sacramento Bee, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, McClatchy Media
Investigative editor, formerly Reveal@CIR, McClatchy, LA Times, SF Chronicle.

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Robert Salladay’s Biography

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I worked as the editorial director, managing editor and executive producer at The Center for Investigative Reporting for nine years. While there, I was the principal editor of projects that won a national Emmy and four Investigative Reporters and Editors awards, as well as the George Polk Award two years in a row. I covered California politics and government for more than a decade, including as a reporter and blogger for the Los Angeles Times. I am a native of Northern California and have lived…

Robert Salladay’s Journalist Portfolio

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Broken Shield

Broken Shield

Edited project by reporter Ryan Gabrielson exposing abuse at state developmental centers.

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Decoding Prime

Decoding Prime

Editing a project by reporters Christina Jewett and Lance Williams exposing Medicare fraud by a major hospita…

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Left for Dead

Left for Dead

Known only as "Mountain Jane Doe," her stabbed body was found in Harlan, Kentucky, and quickly buried in a lo…

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On Shaky Ground

On Shaky Ground

Project editor with reporter Corey G. Johnson exposing major failures in earthquake building standards at Cal…

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Hired Guns

Hired Guns

Edited project by reporter Shoshana Walter exposing dangerous flaws in how armed security guards are trained …

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Techsploitation

Techsploitation

Northern California's high-tech industry is famous for foosball, free snacks and other friendly methods for h…

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Articles

Suit Challenges Brown's Eligibility for Top Law Job

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By Eric Bailey, Robert Salladay
| Los Angeles Times
Foes of Democratic attorney general candidate Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging his eligibility to become California’s top lawman because he did not pay state bar membership fees in recent years and was declared inactive.
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Why Money Is Important

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By Robert Salladay
| Los Angeles Times
Seventy years ago, another Austrian ruled California. His name was Arthur Samish, the son of an immigrant who became the most powerful lobbyist in state history. At 300 pounds, the outsized man was master of leveraging campaign contributions and personal favors for the oil, movie studio, insurance and tobacco industries. This year will prove that little has changed — California politics remains dominated by money.
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Post and Courier, ‘State of Re:Union’ win notable awards

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By Robert Salladay
| Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, has won the Pulitzer Prize gold medal for public service, considered one of the highest honors in journalism, for its remarkable series on domestic abuse, Till Death Do Us Part.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Crime reporter at The Fremont Argus.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Hell yes.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Ford Prefect

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