Tony Cook is an investigative reporter at IndyStar. His work with two other IndyStar journalists examining Indiana's red flag law was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2022. He was also part of the team whose investigation of Indiana's nursing home system won an IRE medal and several other national awards in 2021. He previously covered the Indiana Statehouse for IndyStar and has worked at the Toledo Blade, the Las Vegas Sun and the Cincinnati Post. He was named 2014 Indiana Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists.