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Joe Mozingo

Joe Mozingo
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Joe Mozingo

Joe Mozingo is a projects reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He won a Robert F. Kennedy Award for his coverage of the earthquake in Haiti and helped lead a Miami Herald reporting team whose investigation into the crash of the space shuttle Columbia was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The Fiddler on Pantico Run was named a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, administered by Columbia University and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two children.

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The Fiddler on Pantico Run will be released on October 02, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 02, 2012
The Fiddler on Pantico Run is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 02, 2012
The Fiddler on Pantico Run will be released on October 02, 2012 in eBook
Oct 02, 2012
The Fiddler on Pantico Run is now available in eBook
Oct 02, 2012
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Sep 29, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Fiddler on Pantico Run
Sep 23, 2012

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Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 1, 2012
...We are all of mixed heritage, of course, but Los Angeles Times projects reporter Joe Mozingo might know this better than most. He had been curious for years about his peculiar last name, which most people assumed to be Italian. But while on assignment in...
NPR, November 24, 2012
...An African Warrior, His White Descendants, A Search For Family Growing up blond-haired and blue-eyed in Southern California, Joe Mozingo always thought his family name was Italian. But as an adult, Mozingo became skeptical of that theory when friends...
Chicago Tribune, November 1, 2012
...'The Fiddler on Pantico Run' by Joe Mozingo follows a white man's investigation of his unusual last name and its connection to a 17th century black servant. The Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His...
Abu Dhabi National, October 11, 2012
...Joe Mozingo, a Los Angeles Times reporter, had always wondered about his unusual name. Some family members said it was Italian, others said it was Basque. One story described a Native...
South Carolina State, January 17, 2013
...Vroegop No. 3 Men?s 75 Singles Adult/NTRP Doubles Divisions: Jeff Delong and Rob Szwec Men?s 3.0 Doubles; Joe Mozingo and Glenn Mainwaring No. 2 Men?s 3.5 Doubles; William Royce and Daniel Wilson No. 3 Men?s 3.5 Doubles; Quandolyn Frierson and Eboni...
Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2013
...William Winram and a tiger shark near South Africa. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Fred Buyle / Fred Buyle William Winram and a tiger shark near South Africa. He first encountered a tiger shark off Baja Sur when he was in his 20s. Pierre Frolla and a great white shark...
Los Angeles Times, December 27, 2012
...rampage in Newtown for the turnout. But motivations were often a bit more complicated, Lowery and staff writer Joe Mozingo reported. "That young guy shot up all the kids and they blamed the mama because the mama had the weapons in the house," Valerie...
Los Angeles Times, December 27, 2012
...Turnout for Los Angeles' gun buyback program was so strong that officials struggled to have enough gift cards to give in exchange for weapons. By the afternoon, the event had already surpassed 1,673 guns collected last year, and officials were...
Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2012
...Thousands of people converged on the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena and a site in Van Nuys to exchange their guns for Ralphs gift cards. Cars queued up for blocks at the drive-through events, with the city giving up to $100 for handguns, shotguns and...
Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2012
...Wardens with the California Department of Fish and Game prepare under a full moon for a raid on an illegal marijuana growing operation in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Kernville on Aug. 2. The raid targeted an operation that is growing large...
Georgia Straight, December 25, 2012
...20,000 plants—mostly fed by water diverted from creeks or a fork of the Eel," wrote reporter Joe Mozingo. "The scientists determined the farms were siphoning roughly 18 million gallons from the watershed every year, largely at the time when the salmon...