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'''Miriam Ottenberg''' (October 7, 1914 in Washington, D.C. – November 10, 1982) was the first woman [[news reporter]] for ''[[The Washington Star]]'' who won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1960, for a series of articles exposing the practices of unscrupulous used car dealers in [[Washington D.C.]] |
'''Miriam Ottenberg''' (October 7, 1914 in Washington, D.C. – November 10, 1982) was the first woman [[news reporter]] for ''[[The Washington Star]]'' who won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1960, for a series of articles exposing the practices of unscrupulous used car dealers in [[Washington D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=The Pulitzer Prizes|date=|title=Miriam Ottenberg of The Evening Star, Washington, DC|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/miriam-ottenberg-0|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-08|website=www.pulitzer.org|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Background== |
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With several honors and awards given during her career, she also was one of the first [[reporters]] to reveal that the ''[[American Mafia|Mafia]]'' was an organized crime network.<ref name="WW1" /> |
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Her father was Louis Ottenberg (1886–1960),<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Ottenberg |website=Geni |date=July 8, 1886 |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Louis-Ottenberg/6000000044314746209 |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> a lawyer for 45 years in the [[District of Columbia]], at whose suggestion the [[American Bar Association]] created the [[Runnymede#Magna Carta Memorial|Magna Carta Memorial]] in [[Runnymede]], England.<ref>{{cite journal |ref=<!--{{sfn|Ottenberg|1957|p --> |last=Ottenberg |first=Louis |title=Magna Charta Documents: The Story Behind the Great Charter |journal=American Bar Association Journal |volume=43 |issue=6 |date=June 1957 |page=497 |jstor=25720021}}</ref> Her mother was [[Nettie Podell Ottenberg|Nettie (Podell) Ottenberg]], one of the first training social workers in the United States who won the first federal funding for day care.<ref name="doww">"Ottenberg, Nettie Podell (1887–1982)." ''[[Dictionary of Women Worldwide| Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages]]'', edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer, vol. 2, Yorkin Publications, 2007, pp. 1456-1457. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2588818247/GVRL?u=wikipedia&sid=GVRL&xid=7411f384. Accessed 10 May 2021.</ref> |
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== Books published == |
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==Career== |
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== Honorable mention awards == |
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Ottenberg's follow-up stories led to [[enactment of a bill|enactment]] of remedial law.<ref name="WW1">Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage, eds., ''Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners'' ([[Greenwood Publishing Group]], 1999), {{ISBN|978-1573561112}}, p. 356. [https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&dq=lucy+morgan+%22hall+of+fame%22&pg=PA356 Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref> |
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With several honors and awards given during her career, Ottenberg also was one of the first [[reporters]] to reveal that the ''[[American Mafia|Mafia]]'' was an organized crime network.<ref name="WW1" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Miriam Ottenberg Papers, 1931-1982 |website=University of Wisconsin Digital Collections |last=Marston |first=Brenda |date=1988 |url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-mss00748;focusrgn=bioghist;cc=wiarchives;byte=235624624 |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> She once summed up her feelings about her role as a journalist: "A reporter should expose the bad and campaign for the good. That's the way I was brought up."<ref>{{cite news |last=Carper |first=Elsie |date=November 10, 1982 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |title=Reporter Miriam Ottenberg Of The Washington Star Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/11/10/reporter-miriam-ottenberg-of-the-washington-star-dies/55ff6cb8-0f2f-4711-b309-011815ea381c/ |access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> |
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== Awards and recognition == |
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== Works == |
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Latest revision as of 15:07, 27 September 2023
Miriam Ottenberg (October 7, 1914 in Washington, D.C. – November 10, 1982) was the first woman news reporter for The Washington Star who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1960, for a series of articles exposing the practices of unscrupulous used car dealers in Washington D.C.[1]
Background
[edit]Her father was Louis Ottenberg (1886–1960),[2] a lawyer for 45 years in the District of Columbia, at whose suggestion the American Bar Association created the Magna Carta Memorial in Runnymede, England.[3] Her mother was Nettie (Podell) Ottenberg, one of the first training social workers in the United States who won the first federal funding for day care.[4]
Career
[edit]Ottenberg's follow-up stories led to enactment of remedial law.[5]
With several honors and awards given during her career, Ottenberg also was one of the first reporters to reveal that the Mafia was an organized crime network.[5][6] She once summed up her feelings about her role as a journalist: "A reporter should expose the bad and campaign for the good. That's the way I was brought up."[7]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- Co-winner of the Washington Newspaper Guild competition for public service articles in 1953
- Honorable mention awards in the same category in 1954 and 1958, and in 1959
- Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for best investigation report: "Buyer Beware"
- Bill Pryor Award of the Washington Newspaper Guild for her series on used car fraud, "Buyer Beware"
- First place in the local news category for her stories on an abortion ring and on murders of women
- In May 1958, capital police, jurists, and local and federal government officials held a party to pay tribute to Ottenberg's efforts against crime
- She was given awards for distinction by the National Council of Jewish Women in 1963 and by the American Association of University Women in 1975
- In 1979 she won the Hope Chest Award from the National Capital Chapter of the National MS Society
Works
[edit]Ottenberg published the following books:
- The Warren Commission Report: The Assassination of President Kennedy Miriam Ottenberg
- The Pursuit of Hope Ottenberg, Miriam ISBN 9780892560691
- The Federal Prosecutors (Prentice-Hall), a book about the FBI (1962)
References
[edit]- ^ The Pulitzer Prizes. "Miriam Ottenberg of The Evening Star, Washington, DC". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ "Louis Ottenberg". Geni. July 8, 1886. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ Ottenberg, Louis (June 1957). "Magna Charta Documents: The Story Behind the Great Charter". American Bar Association Journal. 43 (6): 497. JSTOR 25720021.
- ^ "Ottenberg, Nettie Podell (1887–1982)." Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages, edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer, vol. 2, Yorkin Publications, 2007, pp. 1456-1457. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2588818247/GVRL?u=wikipedia&sid=GVRL&xid=7411f384. Accessed 10 May 2021.
- ^ a b Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage, eds., Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999), ISBN 978-1573561112, p. 356. Excerpts available at Google Books.
- ^ Marston, Brenda (1988). "Miriam Ottenberg Papers, 1931-1982". University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ Carper, Elsie (November 10, 1982). "Reporter Miriam Ottenberg Of The Washington Star Dies". Washington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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