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Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:Infobox writer Linda Deutsch (1943 – September 1, 2024) was an American journalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP). She covered court cases for 50 years, from 1967 until her retirement in 2014, including the high-profile trials of Charles Manson, Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, as well as those of O. J. Simpson and Michael Jackson.[1]

Early life and education

Deutsch was born in 1943 in New Jersey, and was raised in the town of Perth Amboy. She became interested in journalism at age 12, when she founded a newsletter for an Elvis Presley fan club.[2] She graduated from Monmouth University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English in 1965.[1] She was encouraged to become a journalist by her uncle, a newspaper editor, despite journalism’s severe lack of gender diversity at the time.[3]

Career

While in college, Deutsch interned for a summer at the Perth Amboy Evening News.[2] That summer, when Deutsch was aged 20, she covered the 1963 civil rights march on Washington and heard Martin Luther King give his "I Have a Dream" speech. Her report on the event was her first front-page byline.[4][5]

After graduating from college, she moved to Southern California. She worked for The San Bernardino Sun for a short time.[2]

When Deutsch first joined the Associated Press in January 1967,[2][6] she was the only woman in the Los Angeles bureau.[7] Speaking on her experience as a woman in journalism at that time, she said in 2015, "I personally was never harassed...I was very fortunate in that aspect, but I think it was because [her colleagues] saw that I could do the job. You don’t harass somebody that's making you look good. And so the only discrimination, really, was in pay and in assignments".[6] Over the course of her career, she rose through the ranks and earned the title of special correspondent in 1992, a designation bestowed on only 18 reporters since the AP was founded in 1846.[1]

She went on to cover the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (1968)[6] and the trial of his assassin Sirhan Sirhan (1969),[2] and the trials of cult leader Charles Manson (1969-1971),[8] Daniel Ellsberg (1975),[2] abolitionist Angela Davis, music mogul Phil Spector (2009),[9] Patty Hearst, singer Michael Jackson, actor Robert Blake, serial killer Richard Ramirez,[10] and brothers Lyle and Erik Menéndez who were tried and convicted of killing their parents.[11] She also covered the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995 for the Associated Press.[12]

Besides trials, Deutsch covered a number of other events. In 1975 she was sent to Guam, where she interviewed evacuees from Vietnam following the Fall of Saigon. In 1992 she reported on the Rodney King riots.[2]

In 1997, Deutsch promoted the late Theo Wilson's memoir Headline Justice: Inside the Courtroom -- The Country's Most Controversial Trials on a book tour and at her own expense.[13]

Deutsch retired in 2014[10] but returned temporarily in 2019 to follow up with Simpson about his life after prison, a sentence he served for a 2008 conviction for robbery in Nevada.[14] That year, she also endowed journalism scholarships at her alma mater Monmouth University for $1 million.[1]

It was reported in 2014 that Deutsch was working on a memoir.[15]Vorlage:Update inline

Personal life and death

Deutsch never married or had children. Speaking on her life in 2015, she said "I have a godson who means the world to me. And I have a very full life, but it never included marriage. I think my relationships mostly broke up because of my work".[6]

Deutsch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2022. After a round of successful treatment, the cancer reappeared in the summer of 2024. She died at her home in Los Angeles on September 1, 2024 at the age of 80, from pancreatic cancer. Fellow AP journalist and friend Edith Lederer was among the family and friends present at Deutsch's death.[2]

Honors and awards

  • University of Missouri's Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, 1992[16]
  • Society of Professional Journalists “Fellow of the Society,” the organization's highest honor awarded for contributions to the journalism profession, 2005[17]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women's Media Foundation, 2015[6]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Press Club Foundation, which she received at the Congressional Dinner on February 25, 2016[18]

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d Veteran Associated Press Reporter and Monmouth U. Alumna Linda Deutsch Pledges $1 Million Planned Gift to University's Journalism Students. In: Monmouth University. 4. November 2019, abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h John Rogers: Linda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies at 80. In: AP News. 2. September 2024, abgerufen am 2. September 2024 (englisch).
  3. ↑ Linda Deutsch. In: International Women's Media Foundation. Abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  4. ↑ Q and A with Legendary AP Trial Reporter Linda Deutsch. In: Shiela Kuehl. Abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  5. ↑ Linda Deutsch: I Talked My Way Into the March on Washington | Essay. In: Zócalo Public Square. 27. August 2013, abgerufen am 2. September 2024 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  6. ↑ a b c d e Kaelyn Forde: Meet The Woman Who Covered Every Big Celebrity Trial For The Past 50 Years. In: www.refinery29.com. Abgerufen am 2. September 2024 (englisch).
  7. ↑ Gustavo Martínez Contreras: She covered OJ, Manson, Michael Jackson: AP reporter Linda Deutsch gives $1M to Monmouth U. In: Asbury Park Press. Abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  8. ↑ Linda Deutsch: 'This is crazy': Former AP reporter remembers Manson trial. In: AP News. 20. November 2017, abgerufen am 2. September 2024 (englisch).
  9. ↑ Linda Deutsch: LA jury convicts Phil Spector in murder. In: Cape Cod Times. 14. April 2009, abgerufen am 2. September 2024 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  10. ↑ a b AP trial reporter Linda Deutsch retiring after 46 years In: Sfgate. Abgerufen im 1 March 2020 
  11. ↑ Linda Deutsch: Long Menendez Brothers' Trial Heads for Jury Room. In: AP. Abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  12. ↑ Joe Nelson: Veteran AP reporter Linda Deutsch had front-row seat to O. J. Simpson's 'Trial of the Century. In: San Bernardino Sun. 11. Juni 2014, abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  13. ↑ Michael Colton: DOING JUSTICE TO A TRIAL REPORTER'S MEMOIR In: Washington Post. Abgerufen im 1 March 2020 
  14. ↑ Linda Deutsch: AP Exclusive: OJ Simpson says 'Life is fine' after prison. In: AP. 10. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  15. ↑ John Rogers: Linda Deutsch wraps up 48-year career with Associated Press. In: Press Democrat. 19. Dezember 2014, abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  16. ↑ Missouri Honor Medal Winners by Year. In: University of Missouri. Abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  17. ↑ SPJ honors three as Fellows of the Society of Professional Journalists. In: Society of Professional Journalists. Abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
  18. ↑ Alex Gangitano: Congressional Dinner to Feature Graham, Boxer. In: Roll Call. 22. Februar 2016, abgerufen am 1. März 2020.
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