Wayne Barrett

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Wayne Barrett
Barrett in 2007
Born	(1945-07-11)July 11, 1945 New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	January 19, 2017(2017-01-19) (aged 71) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Education	Saint Joseph's University (BA) Columbia University (MS)
Occupation	Journalist
Spouse	Frances Marie McGettigan ​ ​ (m. 1969)​
Children	1
Writing career
Language	English

Wayne Barrett (July 11, 1945 – January 19, 2017) was an American journalist. He worked as an investigative reporter and senior editor for The Village Voice for 37 years from 1973 on, and was known as a leading investigative journalist focused on power and politics in the United States. He is known as New York City's "foremost muckraker."

“Our credo must be the exposure of the plunderers, the steerers, the wirepullers, the bosses, the brokers, the campaign givers and takers,” Barrett once said to journalism students at his alma mater, Columbia University. “So I say: Stew, percolate, pester, track, burrow, besiege, confront, damage, level, care.”