Who is the female reporter in Spotlight?

Sacha Pfeiffer (born September 7, 1971) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and radio host. In November 2018, she joined NPR as an investigations correspondent. Pfeiffer is known for her work with the Spotlight team run by The Boston Globe.

Who were the members of the Spotlight Team?

Spotlight Team – Where are they now?

• Michael Rezendes, played by Mark Ruffalo.
• Walter Robinson, played by Michael Keaton.
• Sacha Pfeiffer, played by Rachel McAdams.
• Matt Carroll, played by Brian d’Arcy James.
• Marty Baron, played by Liev Schreiber.
• Ben Bradlee Jr, played by John Slattery.

Is Spotlight a true story?

Spotlight only depicts the reporters’ investigations from summer 2001 to the publication of their story on January 6, 2002. In real-life, the Spotlight team published nearly 600 articles about the scandal and earned the Boston Globe the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003.

Who was Jim Sullivan in Spotlight?

Jamey Sheridan
Keaton’s Robinson, for example, has a lawyer friend named Jim Sullivan (played by Jamey Sheridan), who takes part in the church’s official stonewalling and then has a dramatic change of heart near the end. Actually, there is no Jim Sullivan; he’s a composite of some six lawyers consulted by the Spotlight team.

Is Spotlight overrated?

It’s important at this point to make something clear: by calling Spotlight overrated is in no way meant to imply anything about the actual story, a deeply upsetting chapter of Boston history. Rather, if taken purely on its cinematic quality, Tom McCarthy’s film is found very lacking.

Did the Spotlight team won a Pulitzer?

It is based on a series of stories by the Spotlight team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Who were the real spotlight reporters?

Boston Globe journalists Ben Bradlee Jr., Michael Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer and Walter Robinson attend the screening of Open Roads Films’ ‘Spotlight’ on November 3, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

How many Catholic priests have been accused?

According to a 2004 research study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 4,392 Catholic priests and deacons in active ministry between 1950 and 2002 have been plausibly (neither withdrawn nor disproven) accused of under-age sexual abuse by 10,667 individuals.

Is Shawshank overrated?

It’s impossible to say The Shawshank Redemption is a bad movie in any way. However, since it is ranked on IMDb as the greatest movie of all time, it’s also not a stretch to say it is quite overrated. The film tells the story of a friendship that evolves between two men within the titular prison.

Is Hacksaw Ridge overrated?

For a film about a man who doesn’t agree in war or fighting, Hacksaw Ridge is incredibly violent, to be expected with Gibson at the helm. That it was hailed as an important film, an equal to Spartacus and Ben Hur is why it’s overrated.