About Dan Luzadder

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dan Luzadder, nationally recognized for investigative journalism, has written for The New York Times, New York Daily News, and other major newspapers and magazines. Over a forty-year career, he distinguished himself through deep dives into human rights issues, international drug trafficking, corruption, organized crime, cold case murders, political crime, and the Columbine High School massacre. Luzadder shared a Pulitzer Prize for General Local Reporting in 1983. His contributions--columns written on deadline from the heart of a devastating flood--were collected in college journalism textbooks, including The Best of Pulitzer Prize Newswriting. He shared an American Bar Association award for public service for investigation into corruption in the federal bankruptcy courts, is a member of the Scripps Howard Journalism Hall of Fame, and holds numerous state and regional honors for writing and reporting. His investigation into police handling of the Columbine High School massacre was a Pulitzer nominee. Until recently, he was a paid independent Executive Editor of Freedom magazine, published by the Church of Scientology. He currently resides on the Oregon coast.