Marshall Allen (journalist)
Marshall Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 20, 1972 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 2024 (aged 52) Colleyville, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | 2011 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting |
Marshall Allen (March 20, 1972 – May 19, 2024)[2] was an American journalist who, with Alex Richards, won the 2011 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for reporting on patient safety in Las Vegas hospitals as a reporter at the Las Vegas Sun. The series of articles was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 2011.[3][4][5]
Life and career
Born in 1972, Allen graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary, with a Master's degree in Theology. He served in Nairobi, Kenya.[6]
Allen was a staff writer at the Pasadena Star-News, and the News-Press and Foothill Leader Newspapers.[7] He was a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun, from 2006 to 2011.[8] He was a 2009 Fellow of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ).[9] The "Do No Harm" project was based on data mining, and analyzing hospital records turned over to the State of Nevada.
Allen reported on health care for ProPublica[10] and taught investigative health reporting at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism[11].
Allen died of a heart attack on May 19, 2024, at the age of 52. ProPublica, his former employer, published his obituary.[12]
Works
- "Do No Harm", Las Vegas Sun
References
- ^ Marshall Young Allen Obituary (2024) - Keller, TX
- ^ Marshall Young Allen Obituary
- ^ http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/press-releases/pr-goldsmith-winners-mar2011 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Las Vegas Sun's Allen and Richards win Goldsmith Prize". Shorenstein Center. 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/marshall-allen-and-alex-richards
- ^ http://www.worldji.com/people/view/41 Archived 2011-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "ProPublica Hires New Reporter to Join its Newsroom", PR Web, March 7, 2011.
- ^ Marshall Allen stories at Las Vegas Sun.
- ^ "Journalists selected for AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowship Program", Association of Health Care Journalists, January 13, 2009.
- ^ Marshall Allen at ProPublica.
- ^ https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Review-of-CUNYs-health-science-program.pdf
- ^ Grabell, Michael (2024-05-21). "Marshall Allen, a Tenacious Health Care Journalist, Dies at 52". ProPublica. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
