title: Vanessa O'Connell
text: # Vanessa O'Connell
  
  Vanessa O'Connell is a journalist at Reuters and co-author of Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever. As an editor and reporter, O'Connell wrote award-winning stories at The Wall Street Journal.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2011 Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for the story "Deep Trouble"
  