Peter Lance
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Peter Lance Newport, Rhode Island, United States |
| Education | Studied law at Fordham University Studied journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Studied philosophy at Northeastern University |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Notable credit(s) | Nonfiction Books: Cover Up: What the Government Is Still Hiding About the War on Terror; 1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI—The Untold Story; Triple Cross: How Bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the FBI, and the Green Berets; Stingray : The Lethal Tactics of the Sole Survivor. Fictional Books: Stranger 456; First Degree Burn. Book forward to Murder, Inc. The Inside Story of The Syndicate Killing Machine by Burton Turkus and Sid Feder. TV News: 20/20 (U.S. TV series); Nightline; WABC-TV News; ABC News; ABC World News with Peter Jennings; WNET-TV. Television writing: Crime Story (TV series); Miami Vice; Co-executive TV Producer: Wiseguy. Co-creator, writer/producer: Missing Persons (TV series); JAG (TV series); The Sentinel (TV series). Film: Blackjack |
| Website | peterlance |
Peter Lance is an American journalist and author. He is a five-time winner of the News & Documentary Emmy Award, the recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and other accolades detailed below. In April, 2010 Lance was appointed Research Scholar at The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Peter Anthony Lance was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of Joseph James Lance, a Navy Chief who had served on the USS Arkansas (BB-33) in World War II. His mother was Albina Marie Lance, the former deputy clerk for the Superior Court in Newport. Lance attended public grammar schools and was valedictorian of his class in 1966 at De La Salle Academy, a Catholic Christian Brothers boys high school. He majored in philosophy at Northeastern University in Boston where he was Managing Editor of the student newspaper, The Northeastern News. While a student, Lance worked weekends as a news producer for WEEI, the former CBS radio owned and operated station in Boston.
After getting a B.A. from Northeastern in 1971 he earned an M.S. at The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 1972 and later a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1978.
Lance began his journalism career as a cub reporter for The Newport Daily News while a student at Northeastern University. In his second summer with the paper he researched and reported a four-part investigative series on slum housing in Newport that won the 11th Annual Sevellon Brown Award given by the New England Associated Press Managing Editor's Association.
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