Jean Heller

Jean Heller is a writer and former investigative journalist. She is best known for breaking the news of the Tuskegee syphilis study in 1972,[1][2] and reporting that the United States claims of an Iraqi buildup on the Saudi Arabian border during the Gulf War in 1990 was not accurate.[3][4] She has reported for the St. Petersburg Times, Newsday and the Associated Press.

Life and career

Jean Heller graduated from The Ohio State University School of Journalism in 1964.

In 1972, whistleblower Peter Buxtun provided Heller with evidence that, for four decades, people enrolled in the Tuskegee study had been deliberately denied treatment for syphilis. Years later, Heller called the story "one of the grossest violations of human rights I can imagine".[5] Her article exposing the unethical study was published in the Washington Star on July 25, 1972, and it became front-page news in the New York Times the following day. The exposé earned Heller the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Raymond Clapper Award, and the George Polk Award.[6]

Heller also writes the Deuce Mora series of novels, which feature a fictional Chicago newspaper columnist.[7]

References
  1. "America's Dirty Little Secret". Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  2. Heller, Jean (July 26, 1972). "Syphilis Victims in the U.S. Study Went Untreated for 40 Years". New York Times. pp. 1, 8.
  3. "No casus belli? Invent one!". Guardian News. Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  4. Heller, Jean (1991-01-06). "Photos don't show buildup". St. Petersburg Times.
  5. Brown, DeNeen L. (16 May 2017). "'You've got bad blood': The horror of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. "AP Reporter Wins Journalism Award". Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. 102 (32673). Associated Press. April 26, 1973. p. 10-D. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Bancroft, Colette (7 November 2018). "Jean Heller and Cheryl Hollon bring back engaging mystery series". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.


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