Quick Facts
Biography
Wendy Ruderman (born 1969 in New York City) is an American journalist for the New York Times. She won with Barbara Laker the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
Life
She was raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She graduated from Western Maryland College with a BA in communications in 1991. She was editor of The Williamstown Plain Dealer. In 1993, she worked public relations at WHYY-TV. She graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism with an MS in 1997. She worked in the statehouse bureau of The Trenton Times, Associated Press and Bergen Record. She was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, beginning in December 2002, before joining the Philadelphia Daily News in 2008. She and her Daily News colleague, Barbara Laker, won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. She returned to the Daily News in August 2013.
The "Tainted Justice" series, brought about an FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation.
Works
- Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love, HarperCollins, 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-208545-0