Wayne Barrett

Wayne Barrett
Image of Wayne Barrett taken in September 2007
Barrett in 2007
Born(1945-07-11)July 11, 1945
New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJanuary 19, 2017(2017-01-19) (aged 71)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materSaint Joseph's University (BA)
Columbia University (MS)
Spouse
Frances Marie McGettigan
(m. 1969)
Children1

Wayne Barrett (July 11, 1945 – January 19, 2017) was an American journalist. He worked as an investigative reporter and senior editor for The Village Voice for 37 years, and was known as a leading investigative journalist focused on power and politics in the United States. [1] He is known as New York City's "foremost muckraker."[2]

“Our credo must be the exposure of the plunderers, the steerers, the wirepullers, the bosses, the brokers, the campaign givers and takers,” Barrett once said to journalism students at his alma mater, Columbia University. “So I say: Stew, percolate, pester, track, burrow, besiege, confront, damage, level, care.”[3]

  1. ^ Barrett, Wayne (January 8, 2011). "Bloomberg give us the cold shoulder", New York Post.
  2. ^ "The old-school journalism of Wayne Barrett". Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ "Wayne Barrett Project". Retrieved 2024-03-07.