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 MARTHA MENDOZA is a National Writer for the Associated Press whose investigative reports have won numerous awards and prompted Congressional hearings, Pentagon investigations and White House responses. She won a 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting as part of a team that revealed, with extensive documentation, the decades-old secret of how American soldiers early in the Korean War killed hundreds of civilians at the No Gun Ri bridge. She won numerous other prestigious awards as well for the project. Mendoza was a 2001 Knight Fellow at Stanford University. She teaches a newswriting class and guest lectures regularly at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2001, she co-authored the book "The Bridge At No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War" published by Henry Holt, and assisted with a BBC documentary "Kill 'Em All" on the same subject. Mendoza's earlier award-winning works include her investigative reports on flaws in the federal government's wild horses program and illegal child labor in the U.S., both of which brought her top APME honors and other awards. She has worked at the Madera Tribune, the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Bay City News Service as well as the AP. She also is certificated in automotive and diesel mechanics and has a California teaching credential.
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