Cara Fitzpatrick Explained

Cara Fitzpatrick is an American journalist. She won a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.^[1] and 2015 George Polk Award.

Life

She graduated from University of Washington, and the Columbia University School of Journalism. She worked for the Tampa Bay Times.^[2] In 2018, she was a Spencer Fellow.^[3] In 2019, she was a New Arizona Fellow.^[4] She is an editor at Chalkbeat.^{[5] [6]}

In 2023, she published the book The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America, which details the history of public education privatization since the 1960s.^{[7] [8]}

Works

• Book: Fitzpatrick, Cara . The Death of Public School . 2023-08-22 . Basic Books . 978-1-5416-4677-3 . New York.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner of Tampa Bay Times. 2020-09-24. www.pulitzer.org. en.
2. Web site: Cara Fitzpatrick. 2020-09-24. spencerfellows.org. en-US.
3. Web site: Cara Fitzpatrick RSF . 2020-09-24 . www.russellsage.org.
4. Web site: Cara Fitzpatrick . 2020-09-24 . New America . en.
5. Web site: Cara Fitzpatrick Profile and Activity – Chalkbeat. 2020-09-24. www.chalkbeat.org.
6. Web site: admin. 2020-09-01. Meet CHALKBEAT Newest Story Editor, Cara Fitzpatrick. 2020-09-24. City-County Observer. en-US.
7. Web site: The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War over Education in America by Cara Fitzpatrick . 2024-06-12 . www.publishersweekly.com.
8. News: Russakoff . Dale . 2023-09-11 . Is School Choice Destroying Public Education? . 2024-06-12 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.