Sarah Ryley is an American journalist working as an investigative and data reporter at the Boston Globe.[1] Previously, she was an investigative reporter at The Trace (website),[2] a non-profit news outlet that covers gun violence in America, and an editor and investigative journalist at the New York Daily News.
The Daily News and ProPublica were joint recipients of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for Ryley's extensive reporting on the New York Police Department's "widespread abuse of eviction rules by the police to oust hundreds of people, most of them poor minorities."[3] While at the Daily News, Ryley also reported extensively on the NYPD's "Broken Windows" policing tactics, which resulted in sweeping reforms.[4][5][6]
Early life and education[edit]
Ryley was born in Toledo, Ohio, and studied journalism at Wayne State University in Detroit.[7]
Career[edit]
Ryley joined the New York Daily News in 2012. Her work exposing racial disparities in the New York Police Department's practice of issuing summonses for low-level offenses resulted in the passage of the Criminal Justice Reform Act.[8] Her investigation into the police department's use of the nuisance abatement law to push people from their businesses and homes, co-published with ProPublica, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2017 and resulted in the passage of the Nuisance Abatement Fairness Act.[9][3]
Awards[edit]
- 2017, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, "Nuisance Abatement" (presented jointly to the New York Daily News and ProPublica)[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sarah L. Ryley - Reporter - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Newly Minted Pulitzer Winner Sarah Ryley Joins The Trace as an Investigative Reporter". The Trace. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ a b "ProPublica, New York Daily News Win Pulitzer Gold Medal". ProPublica. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Daily News analysis finds racial disparities in summonses for minor violations in 'broken windows' policing". New York Daily News. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Fare evasion arrests surge in recent years, making it among city's top offenses leading to jail: Daily News analysis". New York Daily News. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "Minorities face disproportionate 'Broken Windows' enforcement everywhere — especially in predominately white neighborhoods". New York Daily News. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ University, Wayne State. "In-depth series written by former Wayne State University journalism student wins Pulitzer Prize". wayne.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: NYC looks to decriminalize minor offenses". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ "New York City Set to Pass Sweeping Nuisance Abatement Reforms". ProPublica. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ^ "Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 15 May 2023.