Sara Ganim

Sara Ganim
Ganim in 2012
Born
Sara Elizabeth Ganim

(1987-09-09) September 9, 1987
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materPennsylvania State University (2008)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2003–present
Employer(s)CNN (2012–present)
The Patriot-News (2011–2012)
Centre Daily Times (2007–2010)
SpouseDanny Cevallos
AwardsGeorge Polk Award in Journalism (2011)
Sidney Award (2012)
Pulitzer Prize (2012)

Sara Elizabeth Ganim (born September 9, 1987) is an American journalist and podcast host. She is the current Hearst Journalism Fellow at the University of Florida's Brechner Center for Freedom of Information and the James Madison Visiting Professor on First Amendment Issues at the Columbia Journalism School. Previously, she was a correspondent for CNN. In 2011 and 2012, she was a reporter for The Patriot-News, a daily newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. There she broke the story that featured the Sandusky scandal and the Second Mile charity. For the Sandusky/Penn State coverage, "Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot-News Staff" won a number of national awards including the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, making Ganim the third-youngest winner of a Pulitzer. The award cited "courageously revealing and adeptly covering the explosive Sandusky sex scandal involving former football coach Jerry Sandusky."