Barbara Laker is an American journalist for the Philadelphia Daily News. With Wendy Ruderman, she won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
In 1993, Laker joined the staff of the Philadelphia Daily News as a general assignment reporter. She has also worked for the Clearwater Sun, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Dallas Times-Herald, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Laker's "Tainted Justice" series brought about an FBI / Philadelphia Police internal affairs investigation. ==Works==