Sandy McClure

Background

Sandy McClure was born on September 19, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of G. R. and Helen (Wells) Moreland.

Education

Sandy graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in 1981.

Career

Sandy worked as part-time sports reporter at Town and Country, Pennsburg, PA from 1979 to 1981. Later, she worked for Free Press, Quakertown, PA, as borough and environmental reporter from 1982 to 1985. Then she was city hall reporter at Globe-Times, Bethlehem, PA, form 1985 to 1987. Between 1987 and 1989 McClure was borough, police, and courthouse reporter at Mercury, Pottstown, PA. Thereafter she worked as statehouse and investigative reporter at Trentonian, Trenton, NJ, from 1989 till 1995. Since 1995 she was a reporter at Intelligencer, Doylestown, PA.

Achievements

• She received from Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association the G. Richard Dew Award in 1984 for investigative reporting and a news series. She also received Journalism Award in 1990. McClure also obtained the first place award from New Jersey Press Association in 1994 for responsible journalism in the enterprise category.

Works

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• book

  • The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
  • Christie Whitman for the People
  • Things I Ponder

Connections

Sandy married John Bensinger, on August 14, 1994. Sandy McClure has5 children: Eileen McClure, Barb McClure, Gretchen, Rachel, Mansell.

Father:

G. R. Moreland

Mother:

Helen (Wells) Moreland

Spouse:

John Bensinger

child:

Eileen McClure

child:

Barb McClure

child:

Gretchen

child:

Rachel

child:

Mansell