Melvin Claxton

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Melvin Claxton

Communications

#2839

World Rank

#4034

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Journalism

#447

World Rank

#511

Historical Rank

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• Communications

Why Is Melvin Claxton Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Melvin L. Claxton is an American journalist, author, and entrepreneur. He has written about crime, corruption, and the abuse of political power. He is best known for his 1995 series of investigative reports on corruption in the criminal justice system in the U.S. Virgin Islands and its links to the region's crime rate. His series earned the Virgin Islands Daily News the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1995. Another series by Claxton, this time on the criminal justice system in Detroit, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003. Claxton has won a number of national reporting awards and his work has been honored several times by the Associated Press managing editors. He is the founder and CEO of Epic 4D, an educational video game company.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Melvin Claxton?

Melvin Claxton is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of the Virgin Islands