Brett Murphy is an American journalist, best known as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2018 for his investigative reporting series on the exploitation of truckers in California.
After performing in local youth theatre, Murphy appeared in commercials including for Disney World, Ocean Spray, General Mills, Campbell's, The New York Post, and Papa Gino's.
[4] Before joining USA Today as an investigative reporter, Murphy worked for the Naples Daily News, CBS Interactive, and the magazine Pitt Med .
[6] In 2022, Murphy and his co-authors won a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award of Criminal Justice for their December 2021 article "Behind the Blue Wall of Silence" with USA Today, an investigation report on the culture of retaliation against police whistleblowers.
[10] In 2024, Murphy was among the ProPublica authors awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their reporting on the billionaires giving gifts to the US Supreme Court's justices and covering their travel expenses.