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Eileen Sullivan

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Eileen Sullivan
Born1977 (age 44–45)[1]
Alexandria, Virginia
OccupationJournalist
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationB.A. in English[2]
Alma materVillanova University
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
2012
Years active1999–

Eileen Sullivan is an American journalist who has covered counter-terrorism and national security for The Associated Press and The New York Times. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2012.

Early life

Sullivan was born in Alexandria, Virginia.[3] Growing up, she was inspired to pursue journalism by her parents' longtime friend, award-winning journalist and author Robin Wright.[1] She was fascinated by Wright's stories about her job and travels.[1]

Sullivan attended St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, where she participated in the French Club and Students Against Driving Drunk.[4] Her school sports activities included lacrosse, track, and basketball, and she was the co-captain of the varsity field hockey team.[4] She was elected to the Honor Council her junior and senior years, and graduated in 1995.[4]

Sullivan studied English at Villanova University.[3][2] While there, she wrote for The Villanovan,[2] the school newspaper, and interned at a magazine in Philadelphia.[4] She graduated in 1999 with honors.[2]

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Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest "principal city" of the Washington metropolitan area which is part of the larger Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area.

Robin Wright (author)

Robin Wright (author)

Robin B. Wright is an American foreign affairs analyst, author and journalist who has covered wars, revolutions and uprisings around the world. She writes for The New Yorker and is a fellow of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center. Wright has authored five books and coauthored or edited three others.

Villanova University

Villanova University

Villanova University is a private Roman Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1842 and named after Saint Thomas of Villanova. The university is the oldest Catholic university in Pennsylvania and one of two Augustinian institutions in the United States. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

The Villanovan

The Villanovan

The Villanovan has been the officially recognized and accredited student newspaper of Villanova University since its founding in 1916. The tabloid-style, weekly paper publishes every Thursday during the semester and maintains a circulation of 750 copies which are distributed throughout the Villanova campus and at various locations in the surrounding community. The Villanovan also has a digital circulation website which regularly releases its material. It is staffed by over 150 undergraduate students. All content of The Villanovan is the responsibility of the editors and the editorial board and do not necessarily represent the views of the administration, faculty and students of Villanova University unless specifically stated. While The Villanovan is owned by Villanova University, Villanova University subscribes to the principle of responsible freedom of expression for the student editors.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. It is one of the most historically significant cities in the United States and served as the nation's capital city until 1800. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-largest city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions with 6.245 million residents in 2020. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to American history and for its role in the life sciences, business and industry, art, literature, and music.

Career

Sullivan started her career 1997 working for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.[4][3][5] Her first big assignment was covering an "ugliest couch contest" and interviewing the winner.[1] In 2001, Sullivan, Angela Rucker, and Jason Laughlin earned an award from the New Jersey Press Association for their article on teenage alcohol use, "Many equate booze with fun".[6][7]

Sullivan moved to the Federal Times in 2003, and then to Congressional Quarterly in 2005 where she covered the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina.[3][5]

Sullivan joined the Associated Press in 2007 to work in their Washington bureau.[3][5] She became an expert on homegrown terrorism and domestic radicalization while covering counter-terrorism.[2][1]

Sullivan, together with Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, and Chris Hawley, wrote a series of investigative reports on the New York Police Department's (NYPD) work under the guidance of the CIA to spy on the daily life of Muslims in the New York metropolitan area for years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.[8] The series earned them the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting,[3][2][9] the 2012 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting from the Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School of Government,[10][11] the 2012 Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism,[4] the 2011 George Polk Award for Metropolitan Reporting,[12] and the Edgar A. Poe Award from the White House Correspondents' Association.[1][13] The fallout from the series led to an unsuccessful lawsuit against the NYPD brought by the State of New Jersey,[14] and the disbanding of the surveillance program in 2014.[15]

Sullivan joined The New York Times in 2017 as an early-morning breaking news reporter in their Washington, D.C., bureau.[3]

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Courier-Post

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Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Cherry Hill is a township within Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 74,553, an increase of 3,508 (+4.9%) from the 2010 census count of 71,045, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,080 (+1.5%) from the 69,965 counted in the 2000 census. As of 2020, the township was the state's 12th most populous municipality and the largest in Camden County, after having been the state's 14th most-populous municipality and the county's second largest in the 2010 Census, and was ranked 13th in 2000.

Federal Times

Federal Times

Federal Times is a source of information for senior U.S. government managers on trends and issues facing them in their job performance and career. The magazine is published six times per year. Federal Times is part of Sightline Media Group, which was once a part of the Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI) and is now owned by Regent. The magazine is based in Tysons, Virginia. Sightline Media Group was sold to Los Angeles-based private equity firm Regent in 2016 by Tegna Inc.

Congressional Quarterly

Congressional Quarterly

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that resulted in 1,392 fatalities and caused damage estimated between $97.4 billion to $145.5 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding areas. At the time, it was the costliest tropical cyclone on record, tied now with Hurricane Harvey of 2017. Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous United States.

Associated Press

Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography. It is also known for publishing the widely used AP Stylebook.

Matt Apuzzo

Matt Apuzzo

Matt Apuzzo is an American journalist.

Adam Goldman

Adam Goldman

Adam Goldman is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist. He received the award for covering the New York Police Department's spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities and for his coverage of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in a U.S. news publication. It is administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting is an award for journalists administered by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. The program was launched in 1991, with the goal of exposing examples of poor government, and encouraging good government in the United States. There is a $25,000 award for the winner.

Edgar A. Poe Award

Edgar A. Poe Award

The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award is a prize for journalistic excellence that is awarded by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA). The prize, which paid $2500 in 2011, is funded by the New Orleans Times-Picayune in honor of its distinguished correspondent Edgar Allan Poe (1906–1998), a former WHCA president unrelated to the American fiction writer of the same name.

Personal life

Sullivan and her husband James live with their daughter Celia in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington.[3]

Source: "Eileen Sullivan", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2021, November 21st), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Sullivan.

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  2. ^ a b c d e f "Villanova Alumna Eileen Sullivan '99 Wins Pulitzer Prize as Part of Associated Press Investigative Reporting Team". Villanova University. April 17, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Bumiller, Elisabeth; Hamilton, Bill; Shanker, Thom (June 6, 2017). "Eileen Sullivan Joins The New York Times's Washington Bureau". The New York Times Company. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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  5. ^ a b c Sullivan, Eileen. "Eileen Sullivan". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Better Newspaper Contest - 2001 Editorial Results for Dailies". New Jersey Press Association. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  7. ^ Rucker, Angela; Sullivan, Eileen; Laughlin, Jason (May 28, 2001). "Many equate booze with fun". Courier-Post. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  8. ^ "AP wins Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting on NYPD surveillance". Associated Press. April 16, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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  11. ^ "Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of The Associated Press Win Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting". Harvard Kennedy School. March 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
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  13. ^ "2012 Award Winners". White House Correspondents' Association. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  14. ^ "Judge dismisses lawsuit against NYPD for surveillance of Muslim Americans". Al Jazeera America. Associated Press. February 21, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  15. ^ Apuzzo, Matt; Goldstein, Joseph (April 15, 2014). "New York Drops Unit That Spied on Muslims". The New York Times. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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