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My Take
Garrett is the kind of journalist I admire most. Winning the 1996 Pulitzer for explanatory reporting on the Ebola outbreak in Zaire, plus a George Polk Award, isn't about glamour, it's about wading into the world's scariest places and translating dense epidemiology into language ordinary people can act on. She was sounding alarms about pandemics long before it was fashionable, and that foresight aged painfully well. I think her real legacy is proving that patient, science-literate reporting can genuinely save lives. The recognition is deserved, but it's the willingness to do unglamorous, vital work that earns my respect.
Overview
Laurie Garrett (born 1951) is an American science journalist and author. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in Newsday that chronicled the Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Laurie Garrett
- Name (Japanese)
- ローリー・ギャレット
- Reading
- ろーりー・ぎゃれっと
- Born
- January 1, 1951 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rabbit
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- San Marino High School
- University
- University of California, Santa Cruz
Awards & achievements
- 2000 George Polk Award
- 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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