Lisa Gartner | |
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| Education | Northwestern University |
| Occupations | Journalist, writer |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize (2016) George Polk Award (2019) Livingston Award (2016) |
Lisa Gartner is an American journalist and writer who won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, and the Livingston Award. In 2019, she won a George Polk Award. She graduated from Northwestern University. She has worked for the Washington Examiner, Tampa Bay Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Gartner's Pulitzer-winning project was for with the Tampa Bay Times, and was noted "For exposing a local school board's culpability in turning some county schools into failure factories, with tragic consequences for the community."