Gilbert M. Gaul, Investigative Reporter
Gilbert M. Gaul joined
The
Washington Post's investigations unit in 2001, after working for nearly two
decades at the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Gil has twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize and has been a finalist on four
other occasions. He won a Pulitzer in the public service category for his 1989
series on flaws in the nation's blood system. In 1979, he shared the Pulitzer
for investigative reporting for stories about organized crime in the coal
industry. Gil also has reported on non-profit organizations, the business of college sports, homeland security, the black market for
prescription drugs and problems in the Medicare program. He also has been a
Nieman fellow at
Harvard University.
Gil grew up in
New Jersey, where
he was a nationally ranked javelin thrower and graduated from
Fairleigh
Dickinson University.
