David Finkel
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David Finkel at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
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| Born | David Louis Finkel October 28, 1955 |
| Occupation | Reporter, writer |
| Education | University of Florida |
| Notable awards | MacArthur Fellow Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting |
David Louis Finkel (born October 28, 1955) is an American journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 as a staff writer at The Washington Post.[1][2] He is currently[when?] assigned to the national staff as an enterprise reporter. He has also worked for the Post′s foreign staff division. He wrote The Good Soldiers and Thank You for Your Service. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow.[3]
Work
Finkel's book The Good Soldiers describes several months he spent in 2007 as an embedded reporter with 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, also known as the "2-16 Rangers", as they worked to stabilize a portion of Baghdad.[4]
The logs of Chelsea Manning's IM chats with Adrian Lamo state that David Finkel had the video which was released as Collateral Murder by Wikileaks but did not release it.[5] David Finkel has never publicly disclosed whether he had the video or not. In a washingtonpost.com webchat, he said, "I based the account in my book The Good Soldiers on multiple sources, all unclassified. Without going into details, I'll say the best source of information was being there.[in Iraq]"[6]
In his personal statements to court, Manning agrees that parts of Finkel's account are quoted from the same source "verbatim", yet he asserts that other events from the source were clearly fabricated by Finkel. [7]
Awards
- 1995 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award of the Missouri School of Journalism for a story about racial and class conflict.
- 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism International Print Prize for "Invisible Journeys" about illegal immigration.
- 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, citing "his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government's attempt to bring democracy to Yemen."[1]
- 2010 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for The Good Soldiers.[8]
- 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) shortlist for Thank You for Your Service[9][10]
- 2014 Erikson Institute Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media for his investigative reporting The Washington Post.[11]
Education
- Bachelor's degree in broadcasting from the University of Florida in 1977.
Personal life
He lives in the Washington, DC area.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Explanatory Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-01. With short biography and reprints of 3 works (December 2005 Washington Post articles).
- ↑ http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/narrative/digest/resources/bios/finkel-d.html[dead link]
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- ↑ http://www.austenriggs.org/erikson-institute-prize-excellence-mental-health-media
- ↑ http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/david-finkel-thank-you-your-service/ Promotional announcement for Finkel's 2013 appearance at the Pitzker Military Library
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Lecture on The Good Soldiers at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Lecture on Thank You for Your Service at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Interview on ABC RN with Paul Barclay about The Good Soldier.
- David Finkel at Library of Congress Authorities, with 2 catalog records
