David Nathaniel Philipps (born 1977) is an American journalist and author who has been awarded The Pulitzer Prize twice, most recently in 2022. His work has largely focused on the human impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a national correspondent for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' and author of three non-fiction books.

Career

David Philipps has been a military correspondent for The New York Times since 2014. Previous to that he was a reporter for The Gazette in Colorado Springs. In 2022 Philipps was part of a team of reporters awarde
The Pulitzer Prize for international reporting
for a series that exposed how United States military airstrikes in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan caused thousands of civilian deaths that had never been publicly reported. The author's 2021 book
ALPHA
examines the high-profile court martial of Navy SEAL chief Edward Gallagher and the history and culture of the elite SEAL commando teams that lead to what the men who served under him testified were a number of cold-blooded murders. In 2014, Philipps was awarded the Pulitzer for national reporting for a three-day series "Other Than Honorable" in '' The Gazette'' of

Colorado Springs Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...

on the treatment of injured American soldiers being discharged without military benefits. He has also been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice. Philipps won the 2009

Livingston Award The Livingston Awards at the University of Michigan are American journalism awards issued to media professionals under the age of 35 for local, national, and international reporting. They are the largest, all-media, general reporting prizes in Ame ...

for his reporting on violence in infantry troops returning from

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

. His book, ''Lethal Warriors'' chronicles how the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 12th Infantry Regiment, stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, produced a high number of murders after soldiers returned from unusually violent combat tours. Philipps worked for eight years as an enterprise reporter at the

Colorado Springs Gazette ''The Gazette'' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning daily newspaper based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It has operated since 1873. History The publication began as ''Out West'', beginning March 23, 1872, but failed in its endeavor. ...

. Philipps has written extensively about wild horses in the West, and gained attention in 2012 when U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar threatened to punch him for asking about problems in the department's wild horse program. Philipps's subsequent reporting led to state and federal investigation of the wild horse program and its largest horse buyer. His 2017 book
''Wild Horse Country''
traces the culture and history that created modern wild horse management. Philipps graduated from Middlebury College in 2000 and earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002.

Education

Middlebury College, 2000 Columbia University School of Journalism, 2002

Notable works

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ALPHA: Eddie Gallagher and the war for the soul of the Navy SEALs
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Wild Horse Country, the history, myth and future of the mustang, America's horse
The New York Times, July 20, 2021 *"Anger and Anguish for SEALs who reported Edward Gallaghe

The New York Times, Dec. 27, 2019 *"Navy SEALs were warned against reporting their chie

The New York Times, April 23, 2019 *"Wounded Warrior Project Spends Lavishly on Itsel

The New York Times, January 27, 2016] *"In unit stalked by suicide, members try to save one another

" The New York Times, Sept. 19, 2015
Other than Honorable
" The Colorado Springs Gazette, May 19, 2013
Casualties of War
," The Colorado Springs Gazette, July 28, 2009.
All the missing horses
" ProPublica, Sept. 28, 2012
Honor and Deception
" The Colorado Springs Gazette, Dec. 1, 2013

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