Paul D'Ambrosio was born in Philadelphia, but has lived most of his life by the Jersey Shore. After attending The George Washington University in D.C., where he majored in political science and history, he settled in Ship Bottom, Long Beach Island, to begin his newspaper career.

Today, Paul is the Investigations Editor for the Asbury Park (NJ) Press. Over the years, he has exposed political corruption, insider deals, deadly medical mistakes, bureaucratic bumbling, and wasteful government spending.

His writings have won more than two-dozen national awards, including the coveted Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, the Farfel Prize, the National Headliner Award for Public Service, the APME Public Service Award, and three National Press Club honors. He has twice been named the Daily Journalist of the Year by the New Jersey Press Association.

His work has dramatically changed the political scene in New Jersey, from the passage of a workable open public records law to better government ethics. Honest lawmakers have followed his calls to rail against corruption, pay-to-play abuses, and nepotism and cronyism.

Paul also developed the Press's www.DataUniverse.com site, which provides millions of government records to the public for free.

During his career, Paul has covered more than 100 homicide cases, ranging from street shootings to real-life, high-tension whodunit court dramas.

Paul is a national expert in a branch of journalism called Computer-Assisted Reporting, in which he uses high-tech computer programs to ferret out government waste and abuses.

A renowned expert in public access law and public-service journalism, Paul has spoken at a number of venues including Harvard University and the University of Southern California, and taught journalism at Syracuse University.

Paul now lives on the edge of the Pinelands near Long Beach Island with his two sons, two dogs, two cats, and his lovely wife who has, after many years of struggle, reaped a bountiful harvest of Jersey tomatoes.

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Recent journalism honors

2007 – “DataUniverse” Web site, creator, editor and programmer - The Inaugural Knight News Innovation Award, EPpy Awards, finalist.

2006 – “New Jersey’s Pension Peril,” Editor and co-writer, Investigative Reporters and Editors, medium newspapers, finalist; Tim O’Brien Award for Best Investigative Reporting using open records, NJ SPJ (inaugural award).

2005 – “The Power Brokers,” Editor and lead writer - First place, Enterprise, New Jersey Press Association; First place, Series writing, NJ Society of Professional Journalists; Noted as a “worth a look” by American Society of Newspaper Editors.

2005 – “Cleaning up New Jersey,” First place, Public Service, N.J. Press Association.

2005 – New Jersey Freedom of Government career achievement award.

2004 – Journalist of the Year, N.J. Press Association, daily division.

2004 – “Profiting from Public Service,” Project editor and lead writer - The Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting; The Farfel Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting (inaugural award); The National Headliner Award for Public Service; SPJ/SDX National Award for Public Service;
Associated Press Managing Editors' Public Service Award (large papers); Best of Gannett, Public Service, first place; The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, finalist; The Scripps Howard Award for Public Service, finalist; The Worth Bingham Prize, honorable mention; The IRE Award, medium size newspapers, finalist; New York Deadline Club Public Service, finalist.