Melvin Claxton

Melvin Claxton
Born
Melvin L. Claxton

1958
Antigua
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of the Virgin Islands
Occupation(s)CEO, Epic 4D LLC
Years active1982–present
Known forPulitzer Prize for Public Service (Winner, 1995; Finalist, 2003)

Melvin L. Claxton (born 1958) 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.[1][2][3] 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.[4][5] Claxton has won a number of national reporting awards and his work has been honored several times by the Associated Press managing editors.[6] He is the founder and CEO of Epic 4D, an educational video game company.

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