2002: Corporate Scandals on Wall Street

David Wessel ’81, Laurie Cohen ’82, Mark Maremont ’83, Theo Francis ’97, & Julia Angwin ’99

David Wessel, Laurie Cohen, Mark Maremont, Theo Francis and Julia Angwin shared in a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for a Wall Street Journal series on the roots and impact of several corporate scandals that became symbolic of the modern gilded age. 

Read “Why the Bad Guys Of the Boardroom Emerged en Masse,” June 20, 2002

Read “Deadbeat CEOs Plague Firms As Economy and Markets Roil," Aug. 1, 2002

Read the rest of the series:

• “What’s Wrong? Venal Signs” (6/20/02)   
• “What’s Wrong? Uneasy Money” (8/1/02)
• “What’s Wrong? Buried Treasure” (10/11/02)  
• “What’s Wrong? The Deregulators” (10/17/02)  
• “What’s Wrong? Tricks of the Trade” (12/23/02)  
• “Executive Privilege” 8/7/02  
• “Trial Heat” (8/8/02)  
• “Uncooking the Books” (10/30/02)  
• “History and Science” (9/27/02)  
• “Damage Control” (10/31/02)