Bill Dedman

Bill Dedman
Bill Dedman
Born	Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Education	Baylor School, Chattanooga; Washington University in St. Louis
Occupation(s)	Journalist, author
Awards	Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting; Peabody Awards; Worth Bingham Prize; Sigma Delta Chi Award; National Press Club award; George Polk Award; Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award;
Website	Empty Mansions book

Bill Dedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative reporter and co-author of the biography of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune.^[1]^[2]

Often relying on public records as much as insider accounts, Dedman has reported and written influential investigative articles on racial discrimination by mortgage lenders and real estate agents,^[3]^[4] racial profiling by police,^[5] interrogation of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp,^[6] and efforts to understand and prevent school shootings. His work includes one of the early examinations, in 1990, of the cover-up by the Roman Catholic Church of allegations of sexual abuse by a priest.^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ Taylor, Ihsan. "Best Sellers". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. 1998. ISBN 9781573561112. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
^ "The Color of Money". powerreporting.com.
^ "Long Island Divided: A three-year Newsday investigation uncovered widespread evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents on Long Island". newsday.com. November 17, 2019.
^ "Speed Trap - Boston Globe". www.boston.com.
^ "Can the '20th hijacker' of Sept. 11 stand trial?" (PDF). nbcnews.com. October 24, 2006.
^ Dedman, Bill; Stepp, Laura Sessions (April 29, 1990). "YEARS OF DEFIANCE ROOTS OF STALLINGS'S REBELLION" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
^ Stepp, Laura Sessions; Dedman, Bill (April 30, 1990). "CONCERNS ABOUT STALLINGS'S LIFESTYLE FUELED CONFLICT" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
^ Dedman, Bill; Stepp, Laura Sessions (May 1, 1990). "STALLINGS BUILDS A BLACK CHURCH FAR FROM ROME" – via www.washingtonpost.com.

[nytimes1-1] Taylor, Ihsan. "Best Sellers". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2015.

[2] Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. 1998. ISBN 9781573561112. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

[powerreporting.com-3] "The Color of Money". powerreporting.com.

[newsday-4] "Long Island Divided: A three-year Newsday investigation uncovered widespread evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents on Long Island". newsday.com. November 17, 2019.

[5] "Speed Trap - Boston Globe". www.boston.com.

[6] "Can the '20th hijacker' of Sept. 11 stand trial?" (PDF). nbcnews.com. October 24, 2006.

[7] Dedman, Bill; Stepp, Laura Sessions (April 29, 1990). "YEARS OF DEFIANCE ROOTS OF STALLINGS'S REBELLION" – via www.washingtonpost.com.

[8] Stepp, Laura Sessions; Dedman, Bill (April 30, 1990). "CONCERNS ABOUT STALLINGS'S LIFESTYLE FUELED CONFLICT" – via www.washingtonpost.com.

[9] Dedman, Bill; Stepp, Laura Sessions (May 1, 1990). "STALLINGS BUILDS A BLACK CHURCH FAR FROM ROME" – via www.washingtonpost.com.

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