John Baer

Who is John Baer?

John M. Baer is an American journalist working for the Philadelphia Daily News.

Baer earned a degree from Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland and a Masters Degree from Temple University. He studied at the Brookings Institution and worked in Congress as a Fellow of the American Political Science Association. He has also attended the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles inaugural Journalist Law School program.

He has won numerous awards for column-writing and investigative journalism, including honors from the Associated Press Managing Editors, the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Journalists and the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. He was recipient of the 2014 Common Cause of Pennsylvania Media Award for "distinguished reporting" on ethics and accountability in government. He is the author of the book "On the Front Lines of Pennsylvania Politics: Twenty-Five Years of Keystone Reporting". He is a founder and president of the Pennsylvania Press Club and a board member and past president of the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association.

In 2009, he was awarded the Simon Brute Medal by the Mount St. Mary's University National Alumni Association.