Dan Malone

1992 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting

Dan Malone received the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1992 while a staff writer at the Dallas Morning News. He was awarded the prize for his stories that charged Texas police with extensive misconduct and abuse of power.

Malone graduated from the University of Texas in 1978 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree.

He began his journalism career as the editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan his senior year in college and as an intern for the Harte-Hanks Austin bureau after graduation. Malone was a reporter for the Corpus Christi-Caller Times and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram before joining the Dallas Morning News staff in 1985.

Malone also was awarded first place in the freedom of information category by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editor's Association in 1992 and first place in investigative reporting by the Institute of Southern Studies in 1992.

Malone is currently Fort Worth bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News.

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