Steve Coll
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| Born | October 8, 1958 Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, business executive |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Occidental College |
| Genre | Biography |
| Notable works | Ghost Wars |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (1990); Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (2005) |
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Steve Coll (born October 8, 1958) is an American journalist, author, and business executive. He is currently the dean of Columbia Journalism School. He is a former president and CEO of New America Foundation, and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker.
He is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize Awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, a PEN American Center John Kenneth Galbraith Award, an Arthur Ross Book Award, a Livingston Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, a Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and the Lionel Gelber Prize. In 2012, he was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board.
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Early life
Steve Coll was born on October 8, 1958, in Washington, D.C. He attended Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, graduating in 1976. He moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled in Occidental College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1980, he graduated cum laude with majors in English and History.
Professional background
- California magazine
In 1980, following his graduation from Occidental College, Coll joined the writing staff of California magazine, eventually working on staff as a contributing editor.
- The Washington Post
In 1985, he started working for the Washington Post as a general assignment feature writer for the paper's Style section. Two years later, he was promoted to serve as the financial correspondent for the newspaper, based in New York City. He and David A. Vise collaborated on a series of reports scrutinizing the Securities and Exchange Commission for which they received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. In 1989, he moved to New Delhi, when he was appointed as the Post's South Asia bureau chief. He served as a foreign correspondent through 1995.[1]
Coll began working for the newspaper's Sunday magazine insert in 1995, serving as publisher of the magazine from 1996 to 1998. He was promoted to managing editor of the newspaper in 1998 and served in that capacity through 2004. He was also served as an associate editor for the newspaper from late 2004 to August 2005.
- The New Yorker
In September 2005, Coll joined the writing staff of The New Yorker. He is based in Washington, D.C., and reports on foreign intelligence and national security.[2]
- New America Foundation
On July 23, 2007, Coll was named as the next director of the New America Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C.[3][4] He has also contributed to the New York Review of Books, particularly about the war in Afghanistan. On June 25, 2012, Coll announced his resignation as President of the New America Foundation to pen a follow up to Ghost Wars.[5]
- Pulitzer Prize Board
On October 23, 2012, Coll was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, administered by Columbia University.[6]
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
On March 18, 2013, Coll was announced to succeed Nick Lemann as the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, effective July 1, 2013.[7][8][9][10]
Honors and awards
- 1990: Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (co-winner with David A. Vise)[1]
- 1991: Livingston Award for International Reporting for "Crisis and Change in South Asia", The Washington Post (winner)[11]
- 2000: Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for "Peace Without Justice: A Journey to the Wounded Heart of Africa", The Washington Post (1st Prize: International Print)
- 2000: Ed Cunningham Award for "Peace Without Justice: A Journey to the Wounded Heart of Africa", The Washington Post[12]
- 2004: Lionel Gelber Prize for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (winner)
- 2004: Cornelius Ryan Award for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (winner)[13]
- 2005: Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (winner)[14]
- 2005: Arthur Ross Book Award for Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (winner)
- 2008: National Book Critics Circle Award for The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (finalist)[15]
- 2009: PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (winner)
- 2012: Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award for Private Empire (winner)[16]
- 2012: National Book Critics Circle Award for Private Empire (finalist)[17]
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Books
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- Coll, Steve; and David A. Vise (1991). Eagle on the Street: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Account of the SEC's Battle With Wall Street, Scribner, 395 pages. ISBN 978-0684193144
- Coll, Steve (1993). On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia, Crown Press, 307 pages. ISBN 978-0812920260
- Coll, Steve (2004). Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, Penguin Press, 720 pages. ISBN 978-1594200076
- Coll, Steve (2008). The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century, Penguin Press, 688 pages. ISBN 978-1616792527
- Coll, Steve (2012). Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, Penguin Press, 704 pages. ISBN 978-1594203350
Essays and reporting
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External links
- Interviews
- Steve Coll discusses Ghost Wars on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, August 2004 (three-part online audio series)
- Hour-long interview about "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century" by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, September 15, 2008 (video, audio, and print transcript)
- Video (with mp3 available) of conversation with Coll on Bloggingheads.tv
- Webcast Interview on The Bin Ladens at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on October 23, 2008
- Webcast Interview on Ghost Wars at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on January 27, 2005
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