John Diedrich Email & Phone Number

A member of the Journal Sentinel's nationally recognized investigative team, I examine issues including health care, federal regulation, guns, and local government oversight. My most recent investigation with data editor Kevin Crowe uncovered the widespread and potentially deadly practice of ambulance diversion, where hospitals can close to incoming ambulances carrying critically ill patients. The series tallied for the first time the deadly consequences of the practice nationwide including the death of Tiffany Tate, the mother of two, who was turned away from a top hospital in Milwaukee even as she was suffering a major stroke.My work has been honored with dozens of awards and honorable mentioned in the past 15 years including the George Polk Award, Loeb Award, National Headliner Award as well as IRE and SPJ.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Investigative Reporter and Assistant Investigations Editor examining federal and state courts, criminal justice and federal agencies. Reported investigations revealed environmental and workplace risk from industrial operations and the far-reaching impact of witness intimidation. Edited investigations uncovering problems in the state's juvenile prison and questionable legal representation for poor defendants. Created the Journal Sentinel's breaking news plan and headed investigative leads following the riot in the city's Sherman Park neighborhood.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Covered crime and federal and state courts, and federal agencies. Investigations examined the death of a first-time kickboxer, law-breaking gun dealers, a flawed undercover federal gun-buying peration, police beating of an unarmed man and public danger from contaminated alcohol wipes.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Covered Fort Carson, Air Force Academy and Space Command (NORAD); traveled to Bosnia (1999, 2000), Kosovo (2000), former Soviet Georgia (2002) and Iraq (2003) on assignment.

Kenosha, Wis.

Covered politics, gambling, county government and did special projects and investigations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies, 3.6 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Society of Professional Journalists, PresidentWorked and paid my way through school by driving trucks at Journal.

Audited Classes Through Nieman Fellowship:, Gis, Stats, Creative Writing, Audited Classes

Activities and Societies: Nieman FoundationI audited classes at Harvard in 2010-11 as part of the Nieman Fellowship (my wife, Raquel, was.

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