Walt Bogdanich (born October 10, 1950) is an American
investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the
Pulitzer Prize
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.
Life
Bogdanich graduated from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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in 1975 with a degree in
political science
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. He received a master's in journalism from
Ohio State University
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in 1976.
Bogdanich is assistant editor for the ''
New York Times
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'' Investigations Desk and an adjunct professor at the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
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. Before joining The Times in 2001, he was an investigative producer for ''
60 Minutes
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'' on CBS and for
ABC News
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. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for ''
The Wall Street Journal
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''.
Bogdanich co-authored the 2022 book ''When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm'' about consulting giant
McKinsey & Company
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with Michael Forsythe.
He is married to
Stephanie Saul, a reporter for ''The New York Times'' who won a Pulitzer Prize winner for her work at ''
Newsday
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''. They have two sons.
Awards
In 1988, while a reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'', Bogdanich won the
Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting
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From 1985 to 1990 it was known as the ...
for reporting about faulty testing in American medical laboratories. He shared with
Mike Wallace
Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...
the 1999
Gerald Loeb Award
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for Network and Large-Market Television for an "Investigative Piece on the International Pharmaceutical Industry."
In 2004, he won the
George Polk Award
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, for National Reporting.
In 2005, now a reporter at ''The New York Times'', he won the
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
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Li ...
and the 2005
Gerald Loeb Award
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for Large Newspapers
for a series of reports about corporate cover-ups of fatal accidents at railway crossings. In 2008, Bogdanich and ''New York Times'' colleague
Jake Hooker won the
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
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for reporting on toxic substances that were discovered in products imported from China. Their reporting also won the 2008
Gerald Loeb Award
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for Large Newspapers. Bogdanich received the Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010,
and shared another Gerald Loeb Award in 2017 for Images/Graphics/Interactives.
References
External links
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American newspaper reporters and correspondents
American television journalists
American investigative journalists
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting winners
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting winners
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting winners
Ohio State University School of Communication alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
1950 births
Living people
American people of Serbian descent
Writers from Chicago
The New York Times Pulitzer Prize winners
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Large Newspapers
American male journalists
Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Images, Graphics, Interactives, and Visuals
20th-century American journalists
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American journalists
21st-century American male writers