Janet Cooke

Janet Cooke
Janet Cooke
Born	Janet Leslie Cooke; July 23, 1954; Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Education	University of Toledo (BA)
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1977–1981
Employers	The Toledo Blade (1977–1979); The Washington Post (1980–1981);

Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is an American former journalist. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for an article written for The Washington Post. The story was later discovered to have been fabricated and Cooke returned the prize, the only person to date to do so, after admitting she had fabricated stories. The prize was awarded instead to Teresa Carpenter, a nominee who had lost to Cooke.

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