David Mitchell, a muckraker whose tiny California newspaper challenged the violent drug rehabilitation cult Synanon and, as a result, became one of only a handful of weeklies to win a Pulitzer ...

David Mitchell, Pulitzer-winning editor who exposed a cult, dies at 79. A series of articles and editorials about Synanon won the Point Reyes Light the 1979 Pulitzer gold medal for meritorious ...