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In October 2000, Goldberg joined ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.newyorker.com/main/contributors/contribs_gk%3Fcontribs_gk+Jeffrey-Goldberg&hl=en&strip=1 |title=Contributors |accessdate=2007-04-09 |publisher=The New Yorker}}</ref> Two of his articles for the magazine have won awards. |
In October 2000, Goldberg joined ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.newyorker.com/main/contributors/contribs_gk%3Fcontribs_gk+Jeffrey-Goldberg&hl=en&strip=1 |title=Contributors |accessdate=2007-04-09 |publisher=The New Yorker}}</ref> Two of his articles for the magazine have won awards. |
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His 2002 article "The Great Terror"<ref>{{cite news |last = Goldberg |first = Jeffrey |title = The Great Terror |publisher = [[The New Yorker]] |date = [[2002-03-25]] |url = http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/020325fa_FACT1 |accessdate = 2007-10-22}}</ref> won the [[Overseas Press Club]]'s Joe & Laurie Dine Award for international human rights reporting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opcofamerica.org/opc_awards/2002/awards_2002.php |title=Overseas Press Club Awards: 2002 |accessdate=2007-01-19 |publisher=The [[Overseas Press Club]] of America}}.</ref> The article describes [[Saddam Hussein]]'s [[Al-Anfal Campaign]], including his regime's use of poison gas at [[Halabja poison gas attack|Halabja]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Goldberg |first = Jeffrey |title = The Great Terror |publisher = [[The New Yorker]] |date = [[2002-03-25]] |url = http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/020325fa_FACT1 |accessdate = 2007-10-22}}</ref> |
His 2002 article "The Great Terror"<ref>{{cite news |last = Goldberg |first = Jeffrey |title = The Great Terror |publisher = [[The New Yorker]] |date = [[2002-03-25]] |url = http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/020325fa_FACT1 |accessdate = 2007-10-22}}</ref> won the [[Overseas Press Club]]'s Joe & Laurie Dine Award for international human rights reporting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opcofamerica.org/opc_awards/2002/awards_2002.php |title=Overseas Press Club Awards: 2002 |accessdate=2007-01-19 |publisher=The [[Overseas Press Club]] of America}}.</ref> The article describes [[Saddam Hussein]]'s [[Al-Anfal Campaign]], including his regime's use of poison gas at [[Halabja poison gas attack|Halabja]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Goldberg |first = Jeffrey |title = The Great Terror |publisher = [[The New Yorker]] |date = [[2002-03-25]] |url = http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/020325fa_FACT1 |accessdate = 2007-10-22}}</ref> The Overseas Press Club stated: "A former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director, [[R. James Woolsey, Jr.|James Woolsey]], called the story 'a blockbuster.'"<ref>{{cite web| title = "2002 Award Winners" |
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| publisher = [[Overseas Press Club]]| url = http://www.opcofamerica.org/opc_awards/2002/awards_2002.php| accessdate =2008-01-29}}</ref> Goldberg's article has been criticized, however, as "a [[Journalism school|J-school]] nightmare: bad sources, compromised sources, [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0218,trilling,34389,1.html unacknowledged uncertainties], and the whole text spun through with an alarmist rhetoric that is now either laughable or nauseating, depending on your mood."<ref>{{Citation| last = Reed| first = Jebediah| title = The Iraq Gamble| newspaper = [[Radar (magazine)|''Radar'']]| year = 2007| date = January 10, 2007| url = http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/01/betting_on_iraq_5.php}}</ref> Critics also charge that the article boosted the [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]]'s [[Rationale for the Iraq War|argument]] for the invasion of Iraq by emphasizing Saddam Hussein's use of [[weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>[[Alexander Cockburn|Cockburn, Alexander]]. [http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn02282003.html "CounterPunch Diary: Hacks and Heroes: Meet the New Yorker's Goldberg....]" ''[[CounterPunch]]. [[February 28]], [[2003]]. Accessed [[January 22]], [[2007]].</ref> |
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In 2003 Goldberg's two-part examination of [[Hezbollah]], "In the Party of God," won the [[National Magazine Award]] for reporting.<ref>Jeffrey Goldberg, [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/021014fa_fact4 "In the Party of God, Part One,"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'' [[October 14]] and [[October 21]], [[2003]], accessed [[January 22]], [[2007]]; [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/021028fa_fact2 "In the Party of God, Part Two,"] ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[October 28]], [[2003]], accessed [[January 22]], [[2007]]; searchable database for [[National Magazine Award]]s on the website of the [[American Society of Magazine Editors]] (2003).</ref> |
In 2003 Goldberg's two-part examination of [[Hezbollah]], "In the Party of God," won the [[National Magazine Award]] for reporting.<ref>Jeffrey Goldberg, [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/021014fa_fact4 "In the Party of God, Part One,"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'' [[October 14]] and [[October 21]], [[2003]], accessed [[January 22]], [[2007]]; [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/021028fa_fact2 "In the Party of God, Part Two,"] ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[October 28]], [[2003]], accessed [[January 22]], [[2007]]; searchable database for [[National Magazine Award]]s on the website of the [[American Society of Magazine Editors]] (2003).</ref> |
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Jeffrey Mark Goldberg (born September, 1965) is an American journalist. He is an author and a staff writer for The Atlantic Monthly, having previously worked for The New Yorker. Goldberg has written extensively on foreign affairs, with a focus on the Middle East and Africa.[1]
Background
Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Malverne, New York.[2] He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was editor-in-chief of The Daily Pennsylvanian.[3] He left college to move to Israel[4], where he served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a prison guard during the First Intifada.[5] He later returned to the United States to continue his journalism career, and now lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children.[6]
Journalism career
Goldberg began his career at The Washington Post, where he was a police reporter. While in Israel, he worked as a columnist for The Jerusalem Post, and upon his return to the United States served as the New York bureau chief of The Forward, a contributing editor at New York magazine, and a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine.[7]
The New Yorker
In October 2000, Goldberg joined The New Yorker.[8] Two of his articles for the magazine have won awards.
His 2002 article "The Great Terror"[9] won the Overseas Press Club's Joe & Laurie Dine Award for international human rights reporting.[10] The article describes Saddam Hussein's Al-Anfal Campaign, including his regime's use of poison gas at Halabja.[11] The Overseas Press Club stated: "A former CIA director, James Woolsey, called the story 'a blockbuster.'"[12] Goldberg's article has been criticized, however, as "a J-school nightmare: bad sources, compromised sources, unacknowledged uncertainties, and the whole text spun through with an alarmist rhetoric that is now either laughable or nauseating, depending on your mood."[13] Critics also charge that the article boosted the Bush administration's argument for the invasion of Iraq by emphasizing Saddam Hussein's use of weapons of mass destruction.[14]
In 2003 Goldberg's two-part examination of Hezbollah, "In the Party of God," won the National Magazine Award for reporting.[15]
In 2007, he was hired by David G. Bradley to write for The Atlantic Monthly. Bradley had tried to convince Goldberg to come work for The Atlantic for nearly two years, and was finally successful after purchasing ponies for Goldberg's children.[16]
Prisoners
Goldberg's book, Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide (New York: Knopf, 2006), describes his experiences in Israel working at the Ketziot military prison camp as well as his dialogue with Rafiq, a prisoner whom Goldberg would later befriend in Washington, D.C.[17] Critics received the book positively; The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times all named it one of the best books of 2006.[18].
References
- ^ "Contributors". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (2006). Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide. New York: Knopf. pp. p. 41. ISBN 0-375-41234-4.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (2006). Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide. New York: Knopf. pp. p. 66. ISBN 0-375-41234-4.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (2006). Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide. New York: Knopf. pp. p. 74. ISBN 0-375-41234-4.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Watzman, Haim (2006-10-29). "The Hope: A Middle East correspondent's troubled friendship with the Palestinian he once kept locked up". The Washington Post. pp. p. BW06. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
{{cite news}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Knopf Speakers Bureau: Jeffrey Goldberg". Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ "Contributors". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-04-09.. "About Jeffrey Goldberg". Personal website. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ "Contributors". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (2002-03-25). "The Great Terror". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Overseas Press Club Awards: 2002". The Overseas Press Club of America. Retrieved 2007-01-19..
- ^ Goldberg, Jeffrey (2002-03-25). "The Great Terror". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ ""2002 Award Winners"". Overseas Press Club. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ Reed, Jebediah (January 10, 2007), "The Iraq Gamble", Radar
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|newspaper=(help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Cockburn, Alexander. "CounterPunch Diary: Hacks and Heroes: Meet the New Yorker's Goldberg...." CounterPunch. February 28, 2003. Accessed January 22, 2007.
- ^ Jeffrey Goldberg, "In the Party of God, Part One,", The New Yorker October 14 and October 21, 2003, accessed January 22, 2007; "In the Party of God, Part Two," The New Yorker, October 28, 2003, accessed January 22, 2007; searchable database for National Magazine Awards on the website of the American Society of Magazine Editors (2003).
- ^ Howard Kurtz (2007-08-06). "The Atlantic's Owner Ponies Up". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ Hammer, Joshua (2006-12). "Stuck in the Middle East With You: Lessons from an improbable friendship". The Washington Monthly. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help). Watzman, Haim (2006-10-29). "The Hope: A Middle East correspondent's troubled friendship with the Palestinian he once kept locked up". The Washington Post. pp. p. BW06. Retrieved 2007-04-09.{{cite news}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ http://www.nytimes.com/ref/books/review/20061203notable-books.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/features/2006/holiday-guide/gifts/books_holiday_issue/index.html http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=LATM000020061210e2ca0005z
Bibliography
- Books by Jeffrey Goldberg
- Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide. New York: Knopf, 2006. ISBN 0-375-41234-4 (10). ISBN 978-03754-1234-9 (13).
- Reviews of publications by Jeffrey Goldberg
- Cockburn, Alexander. "CounterPunch Diary: Hacks and Heroes: Meet the New Yorker's Goldberg...." CounterPunch. February 28, 2003. Accessed January 22, 2007.
- Jaffee, Robert David. "Tools to Fight Terror: Big Dreams, Good Friends." Book rev. of Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide." The Jewish Journal October 13, 2006. Accessed January 19, 2007.
- Lappin, Elena. My Friend, My Enemy New York Times Book Review November 12, 2006. Accessed May 19, 2007.
- Watzman, Haim. "The Hope: A Middle East Correspondent's Troubled Friendship with the Palestinian He Once Kept Locked Up." Washington Post October 29, 2006. Accessed January 19, 2007.