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Corey G. Johnson

Investigative reporter, Tampa Bay Times

Tampa Bay Times

Corey Johnson is a reporter on the investigative unit at the Tampa Bay Times, one of FRONTLINE’s inaugural Local Journalism Initiative partners.

While working at the Center for Investigative Reporting, he uncovered systemic weaknesses in earthquake protections at thousands of California public schools. That work was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the prestigious Gold Medal from the Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Scripps Howard Award for Public Service, and the Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism.

His expose of California’s illegal and coerced sterilizations of imprisoned women spurred legislative hearings, a state audit, several criminal investigations and the creation...

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cjohnson@tampabay.com

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916.346-8584

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@coreygjohnson

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