Michael Grunwald (born August 16, 1970) is an American journalist and author who writes about public policy and national politics. He worked as a journalist for '' The Boston Globe'', '' The Washington Post'' and '' Time''. He is presently a senior writer for '' Politico Magazine''. He is the author of two widely acclaimed books, ''The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise'' (2006) and '' The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era'' (2012). He is currently working on a book for Simon & Schuster about food, land and climate change.

Life and career

Education and occupation

Grunwald graduated from Harvard University in 1992. He started his career as a metro reporter for ''The Boston Globe'', then joined ''The Washington Post'', where he served as a national reporter, New York bureau chief and outlook essayist; he wrote the ''Washington Posts lead news story on the September 11 attacks. In 2007, he became a senior national correspondent for '' Time'', where he wrote cover stories on topics like the future of California, the decline of the

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, and 2009 Person of the Year

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. HIs cover story about the policy roots of the

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disaster won a $50,000 award from the Understanding Government Foundation; he donated the award to New Orleans charities. His 2012 cover story "One Nation Subsidized" used his own daily life in Miami as well as government data to make the case that "most Americans are makers ''and'' takers, proud of our making, blind to our taking." Grunwald was also a provocative columnist at ''Time'', defending the failed Solyndra loan and arguing against tax deductions for charitable donations. Grunwald joined '' Politico Magazine'' in 2014, where he helped start the public policy site The Agenda. He has mostly written for''Politico Magazine'' about wonky topics like the federal government's dysfunctional $3 trillion portfolio of credit programs, the failure of U.S. transportation policy and President Obama's policy legacy. He has also written longform political stories about the 2016 campaign, America's political culture wars, and the growth of Trumpism through the Florida retirement community

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Books

Grunwald wrote his first book, ''The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise'' (2007) after doing a four-part series for ''The Washington Post'' in 2002. It's the story of man and nature on the Florida peninsula, focusing on the steady destruction and troubled attempted restoration of the Everglades, and it's still considered one of the indispensable histories of Florida. Grunwald also wrote the foreword to the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas classic about the Everglades, ''RIver of Grass''. His next book was ''The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era'' (2012), was a NYT best-seller, the inside story of the

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and its response to the Great Recession. It is about the

and its response to the financial crisis of 2007–2008."Michael Grunwald"
, ''Time''. Accessed 19 August 2013

19 August 2013. In that book, he describes the discussions and debates that led to the government's anti-recession measures such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Taking a positive review of the President's efforts, Grunwald defends the economic measures as full of important, long-term investments while charging

opponents as being hypocritical and self-serving. Grunwald was also the ghostwriter for Obama Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's memoir about the 2008 financial crisis, ''Stress Test''. Grunwald has been criticized for some of his own writings defending the government's response to the crisis, like his critique of the film ''The Big Short'' and his critique of

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' plan to break up big banks.

Personal life

Raised in

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, Grunwald resides in Miami with his wife Cristina Dominguez, a lawyer who is now the executive director of Sai Aryurvedic Institute, and their two children.

Awards

Grunwald has also won numerous journalism awards, including the

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for

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and the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting. ''The Swamp'' and ''The New New Deal'' both received the gold medal for non-fiction in the Florida Book Awards.

Twitter controversy

In 2011, Grunwald posted a message on Twitter that he did not care that Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen, was killed in a drone strike by the US government, in 2011.Goyette, Braden
"Michael Grunwald, Time Magazine Reporter, Sends Out Shocking Tweet About Julian Assange"
''

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''. Accessed 19 August 2013. In August 2013, Grunwald's tweet "I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out

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," a criticism of the WikiLeaks founder, caused widespread outrage. Grunwald quickly tweeted his regrets: "It was a dumb tweet. I'm sorry. I deserve the backlash."

References

External links

Personal websiteGrunwald on Time
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grunwald, Michael 1970 births Living people American male journalists Harvard College alumni People from Greenville (town), New York Journalists from New York (state)