PERSON: Mark Puente

The Baltimore Sun

Investigative reporter

Mark Puente is an investigative reporter for The Baltimore Sun who has been nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize. He covered St. Petersburg City Hall and real estate for the Tampa Bay Times. He previously was a crime and investigations reporter for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, where he won the Al Nakkula Award — the only national journalism award devoted to police reporting. A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate, Puente grew up in Detroit and Cleveland and spent 14 years driving a tractor trailer.

— Baltimore Sun