Eli Eric Saslow (born May 15, 1982) is an American

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

, currently a writer-at-large for ''

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''. He has also written for ''

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'' and ''

ESPN The Magazine ''ESPN The Magazine'' was an American monthly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in Bristol, Connecticut. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998. Initially published every other week, it scaled back to 24 issues a year i ...

''. He is a 2014 and a 2023 winner of the

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

, a recipient of the

George Polk award The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the award ...

and other honors. He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing in 2013, 2016 and 2017.

Education

He attended Heritage High School, in

Littleton, Colorado Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistica ...

, graduating in 2000, and is a 2004 graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

Work

Saslow's 2018 book was the winner of the 2019

Dayton Literary Peace Prize The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is an annual United States literary award "recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace" that was first awarded in 2006. Awards are given for adult fiction and non-fiction books published at some point ...

for Nonfiction. He is the author of ''Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President'' (Random House, 2012), and four of his works have appeared in the anthology ''

The Best American Sports Writing ''The Best American Sports Writing'' was a yearly anthology of magazine articles on the subject of sports published in the United States. It started in 1991 as part of ''The Best American Series'' published by Houghton Mifflin and ceased publicati ...

''.

Personal life

Saslow identifies as Jewish and is married.

Books

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References

External links

"Pulitzer winner dug beyond politics to explore impact of food stamps on American families"
appearance on ''

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