理查德·莱尔

迪克·莱尔（Dick Lehr）是新闻学教授、作家和播客主持人。 His books include “White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America’s Heartland”; “Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor”; “Trell: Nothing But the Truth,” a novel for young adults; “The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights,” which was the basis for a PBS/Independent Lens documentary of the same title; “The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide”; the 纽约时报 bestseller, “黑色的质量: Whitey Bulger, The FBI, and A Devil’s Deal”, and its sequel, “Whitey: The Life of America’s Most Notorious Mob Boss.” 黑色的质量 was the basis for a Warner Bros. movie of the same title, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Depp as the Boston gangster Whitey Bulger; Lehr is the host of ABC Audio’s podcast series, “Truth and Lies: The Informant”, and “Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler.”

Lehr previously wrote for 波士顿环球报, where he was a longtime member of the Spotlight Team, a special projects reporter and a magazine writer. 作为聚光灯小组的一员，他曾获得普利策调查报道奖的决赛，并获得了许多国家和地方新闻奖。 Before the 全球, he was a staff reporter at 《哈特福德报》 and 莱姆周刊.