Megan Twohey | |
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![]() Twohey at the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes | |
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Alma mater | Georgetown University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Awards | 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (named contributor) |
Megan Twohey (/ˈtuːi/ TOO-ee)[1] is an American journalist. She is an investigative reporter at The New York Times and previously reported for Reuters, the Chicago Tribune, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.[2] Twohey's reports have exposed exploitative doctors, revealed untested rape kits, and uncovered a secret underground network of abandoned unwanted adopted children.[3] Her stories have led to criminal convictions and helped prompt new laws aimed at protecting vulnerable people and children.[4]
On October 5, 2017, Twohey and fellow Times journalist Jodi Kantor published a report about Harvey Weinstein detailing decades of sexual abuse allegations, and more than 80 women publicly accused Weinstein of sexually abusing or assaulting them.[5] The story led to Weinstein's firing and helped to ignite the viral #MeToo movement started by the American activist Tarana Burke.[5][6] That work was honored in 2018, when The New York Times was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[7] Kantor and Twohey won the George Polk award and were named to Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people of the year. Twohey and Kantor subsequently authored a 2019 book, She Said, which chronicled their report about Weinstein and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2022. In addition to winning the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Twohey was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2014.[2][8]
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