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Martin Oliver "Mo" Waldron (February 2, 1925 – May 27, 1981) was an American newspaper reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing in the ''St. Petersburg Times'' during 1963 "reckless, unchecked spending" on the construction of the Sunshine State Parkway. At his death he was the Trenton, New Jersey, bureau chief for ''The New York Times''.〔 Waldron was born on February 2, 1925 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. He attended Middle Georgia College, Georgia Institute of Technology and Atlanta Law School, and was awarded his undergraduate degree from Birmingham–Southern College.〔("Martin O. Waldron is Dead at 56: Reporting led to a Pulitzer Prize" ). ''The New York Times''. May 28, 1981. Retrieved July 13, 2010.〕 He worked as a reporter at ''The Atlanta Constitution'', ''Birmingham Age-Herald'' / ''Birmingham Post-Herald'' and ''The Tampa Tribune'', gradually shifting to a focus on investigative reporting.〔 Waldron was with the ''St. Petersburg Times'' in 1963, when he wrote a total of 150,000 words as part of the newspaper's coverage of unchecked spending by the Florida Turnpike Authority (FTA) that led to estimated costs quadrupling of the cost to taxpayers, from initial estimates of $100 million.〔 Waldron received a tip about excessive spending by FTA Chairman John Hammer that included expensive hotels and meals and corsages for his secretary, as well as overcharges for a chartered plane.〔("Prizes: Just Doing the Job" ). ''TIME''. May 15, 1964. Retrieved July 13, 2010.〕 As part of his efforts to see how much it would take to spend $30 on a meal in 1963—when two could dine opulently for $15—Waldron and a colleague went to an expensive Miami restaurant. They ordered caesar salad, sirloin steak, dessert and two brandies, and hit their $30 target by paying for the glass the brandy came in and adding a $5 tip.〔Harris, Roy J. ("Pulitzer's gold: behind the prize for public service journalism" ). University of Missouri Press, 2007. ISBN 0-8262-1768-0. Page 194.〕 His coverage earned the newspaper the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1964, its first Pulitzer, and led to changes in the way the state of Florida managed highway construction projects.〔〔("Pulitzer Prizes" ). Times Publishing Company (publisher of the former ''St. Petersburg Times''). Retrieved July 13, 2010.〕 Waldron moved to ''The New York Times'' in 1966, becoming the paper's Trenton bureau chief. His final reporting for the paper was about casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey and their relationships with local municipal government, a series that was nominated for a Pulitzer.〔 Arthur Gelb, then deputy managing editor for ''The Times'', recalled that "if Mo Waldron was in town there would be a party somewhere and everybody from the mayor down would be there".〔Evans, Dorothy; and Kosharsky, Romaine. ("Martin Waldron, reporter whose stories won Pulitzer for Times" ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', May 28, 1981. Retrieved July 13, 2010.〕 Waldron died at age 56 on May 27, 1981, at his home in Hightstown, New Jersey due to heart disease. He was survived by his wife, author Ann Waldron, as well as a daughter and three sons.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Waldron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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