Radley Balko is an American journalist, author, blogger, and speaker who lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and writes about criminal justice, the drug war, and civil liberties for The Washington Post.
Education
Indiana University.
Career
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and political science in 1997 from Indiana University.
In 2009, Balko's investigative report on expert witness fraud in a Louisiana death penalty case won the Western Publication Association’s Maggie Award for reporting.
In 2011, The Week named Balko a finalist for Opinion Columnist of the Year. Also in 2011, the Los Angeles Press Club named Balko Best of Show Journalist of the Year, the judges saying:
In 2009, Balko's investigative report on expert witness fraud in a Louisiana death penalty case won the Western Publication Association’s Maggie Award for reporting.
In 2011, The Week named Balko a finalist for Opinion Columnist of the Year. Also in 2011, the Los Angeles Press Club named Balko Best of Show Journalist of the Year, the judges saying: