Kim Martin Christensen (December 1952 – April 15, 2024) was an American journalist and investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times and two time Pulitzer Prize winner.[1] He also worked for The Capital[2] and The Daily Press.[3]
Early years
editA native of Ohio, he was a Dayton native who grew up in the Shiloh area and graduated from Chaminade High School and Wright State University.[4]
Career
editIn 1995, Christensen was part of a team looking into allegations that fertility doctors at UC Irvine's Center for Reproductive Health were harvesting eggs from women and transferring them into other patients without permission. At least 15 children were born after such transfers. This led to lawsuits and eventually to changes in state and federal law.[5] Christensen's "Bell's money flowed uphill", which was published on July 26, 2010, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service[6] and the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for The Orange County Register in 1996.[7] Christensen shared another Pulitzer for investigations of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Death
editLong based on the West Coast, Christensen died of cancer on April 15, 2024, aged 71, in Long Beach, California. He had been diagnosed three months earlier. He was survived, immediately, by his wife and two stepchildren.[5][8]
References
edit- ^ "Kim Christensen". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Kim Christensen". Capital Gazette. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Kim Christensen". Daily Press. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Obituary, daytondailynews.com. Accessed April 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Mouchard, Andre (April 17, 2024). "Two-time Pulitzer winner Kim Christensen, who helped expose the UCI fertility scandal for the Register, dies at 71". The Orange County Register. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ "Los Angeles Times". Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Staff of The Orange County Register, Santa Ana, CA wins Pulitzer". Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Obituary, latimes.com. Accessed April 19, 2024.
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