Rosalind Helderman
Rosalind Helderman
Rosalind S. Helderman (sometimes known as Roz Helderman) is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. Rosalind Helderman is a reporter at the Washington Post, covering political enterprise and investigations. [1]
Education
Rosalind Helderman graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in History.
Career
Rosalind Helderman joined the Washington Post since 2001, reporting in Loudoun County. She then covered Prince George County, where helped uncover a developer-funded slush fund used by local politicians and helped show that local police had lied about a botched raid on a mayor's home.
In 2009, she covered the campaign for governor in Virginia.
Subsequently, she spent 1 1/2 years in Richmond as a state politics reporter.
In 2011, Rosalind Helderman became a Congressional correspondent and played a major role in coverage of the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
On February 6, 2014, the Washington Post announced that Helderman would join their Political Investigations & Enterprise team.
Since then, she has reported on the Clinton Foundation's fundraising efforts, including large amounts of money from foreign governments. She also investigated the emails on her private server published by WikiLeaks while she was United States Secretary of State.
Awards & Accomplishments
In 2014, Helderman won the George Polk Award in 2014 for political reporting for her investigation of a relationship between Virginia governor Virginia governor Robert McDonnell, his wife Maureen, and a wealthy supporter that resulted in McDonnell's indictment.
In 2018, she represented the Washington Post when they won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. The publisher won the award for their coverage of the links between Donald Trump's associates with Russian officials.