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Miranda

Spivack

Journalist | Fulbright Scholar
Covering government accountability, politics and secrecy
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ABOUT ME

eporter, writer, editor and project manager. My stories have led to changes in the way government conducts its work and to greater transparency in development, campaign finance,  education, environment and public safety.

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  • Alicia Patterson Foundation grantee 2021

  • Logan Non-fiction Fellow 2019

  • Journalist in residence, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information 2019-20

  • Advising editor, occrp.org 2019-20

  • Fulbright Scholar N. Macedonia 2019

  • Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor at DePauw University  2016-18

  •  20 years as an editor, reporter  The Washington Post 

  • Led  award-winning reporting teams 

  • Extensive experience as editor and manager at The Post and  Gazette Newspapers, a Post subsidiary

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AWARDS

  • Alicia Patterson Foundation grantee 2021

  • Logan Non-fiction Fellow 2019

  • Fulbright Scholar 2019

  • Sunshine Award, Society of Professional Journalists, "State Secrets," September 2017

  • First Place, non-breaking news SPJ-DC Chapter, "As local coverage wanes, residents become self-taught watchdogs," June 2017 

 

  • Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program grantee, November 2015

  • Fund for Investigative Journalism, grantee, 2015, 2016, 2018

  • O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism, Marquette University,  grantee 2015

  • Named to SheSource “expert” roster, November 2015

  • Named to Fulbright Specialist Roster, Aug. 2014

  • First Place, Local Government Reporting, Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association, 2013

  • Honorable mention, SATW Lowell Thomas Award for cultural tourism, 2015

  • Honorable mention, Front Page, The Newspaper Guild: county executive’s wife’s slide into dementia, 2013

  • As editor, Prince George’s Extra, The Washington Post (1998-2004) : I directed coverage that won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for stories on growth, development, racial tension, education and the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

  • As deputy editor, Gazette Newspapers, (1994-98) I directed coverage that won awards from Suburban Newspapers of America and the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association for investigative stories about police disability abuses in Montgomery County; state and local politics; and community features

  • As a Washington correspondent, The Hartford Courant (1983-93) I won awards from UPI, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the National Women’s Political Caucus.

  • Ford Foundation Fellow: Yale Law School (Sept. 1977-May 1978)

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  • First Place non-breaking news SPJ-DC Chapter, magazines, Grading Joshua Starr, June 2016

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