Connie Bruck is an American
journalist
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and a reporter on subjects covering business and politics. She has been a staff writer at ''
The New Yorker
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'' since 1989.
Before joining ''The New Yorker'', she was a staff writer at ''
The American Lawyer
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'', ''
The New York Times
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'', and ''
The Atlantic Monthly
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
''.
Bruck is married to
Mel Levine
Meldon Edises Levine (born June 7, 1943) is an American attorney and former Democratic Congressman from California. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993.
Early life
On June 7, 1943, Levine was born in Los Ang ...
, a lawyer and former American politician.
Awards and recognition
* Her article on
Ivan Boesky
Ivan Frederick Boesky (born March 6, 1937) is a former American stock trader who became infamous for his prominent role in an insider trading scandal that occurred in the United States during the mid-1980s. He was charged and pled guilty to insi ...
in ''The Atlantic'' won the 1984 John Hancock Award for excellence in business and financial reporting.
* Her profile of
Newt Gingrich in ''The New Yorker'' titled "The Politics of Perception" won the 1996
National Magazine Award for Reporting.
* Bruck's articl
"Deal of the Year"in ''The New Yorker'' won the 1991 National Magazine Award for Reporting and the
Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines.
* Bruck won a second Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines in 2013 for "Cashier du Cinema" in ''The New Yorker''.
Bibliography
Books
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* ''Master of the Game: Steve Ross and the Creation of Time Warner'', Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994,
* ''When Hollywood Had a King: The reign of
Lew Wasserman
Lewis Robert Wasserman (March 22, 1913 – June 3, 2002) was an American talent agent and studio executive, described as "the last of the legendary movie moguls" and "arguably the most powerful and influential Hollywood titan in the four decades ...
, who leveraged talent into power and influence'', Random House, New Hork, 2003,
Essays and reporting
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[Online version is titled "Alan Dershowitz: Devil's Advocate".]
References
External links
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''Booknotes'' interview with Bruck on ''When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence'', July 20, 2003.
Living people
American business and financial journalists
American political journalists
The New Yorker staff writers
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines
Year of birth missing (living people)
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