Walt Bogdanich (born October 10, 1950) is an American investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.

Life

Bogdanich graduated from the

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in 1975 with a degree in

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. He received a master's in journalism from

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in 1976. Bogdanich is assistant editor for the ''

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'' Investigations Desk and an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Before joining The Times in 2001, he was an investigative producer for '' 60 Minutes'' on CBS and for

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. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

''. 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 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''. They have two sons.

Awards

In 1988, while a reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'', Bogdanich won the

Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting was presented from 1991 to 2006 for a distinguished example of beat reporting characterized by sustained and knowledgeable coverage of a particular subject or activity. From 1985 to 1990 it was known as the ...

for reporting about faulty testing in American medical laboratories. He shared with Mike Wallace the 1999 Gerald Loeb Award for Network and Large-Market Television for an "Investigative Piece on the International Pharmaceutical Industry." In 2004, he won the George Polk Award, for National Reporting. In 2005, now a reporter at ''The New York Times'', he won the

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

and the 2005 Gerald Loeb Award 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 for reporting on toxic substances that were discovered in products imported from China. Their reporting also won the 2008 Gerald Loeb Award 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.

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