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Thomas Maier
Alma materFordham University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation(s)Author, journalist, television producer
Employer(s)Chicago Sun-Times, Newsday
Known forWriting, investigative journalism
Notable workMasters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love; When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys'; "Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK and Castro.

Thomas Maier is an author, journalist, and television producer. His book Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love was the basis for the award-winning drama Masters of Sex which ran for four seasons, 2013-2016, on Showtime.

External audio
audio icon Pioneering 'Masters Of Sex' Brought Science To The Bedroom, 32:38, Fresh Air[1]

Most recently, Maier is the author of "Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK and Castro" and "All That Glitters: Anna Wintour, Tina Brown and the Rivalry Inside America's Richest Media Empire", both published in 2019. In 2014, he authored When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys, the first comprehensive history of the two dynastic families, published by Crown. His other books include The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings, a 2003 multi-generational history of the Kennedy family and the impact of their Irish-Catholic background on their lives, and Dr. Spock: An American Life, named a "Notable Book of the Year" in 1998 by The New York Times and the subject of a BBC and A&E Biography documentary.

His 1994 book, Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It, won the Frank Luther Mott Award by the National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communication as Best Media Book of the Year and was updated and revised in 2019 under the new title "All That Glitters".

Maier joined Newsday in 1984, after working at Chicago Sun-Times. He's won several top honors, including the national Society of Professional Journalists' top reporting prize twice, the National Headliner Award, the Worth Bingham Prize, and New York Deadline Club, the Society of Silurians and the New York Press Club. In 2002, he won the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' top prize for a series about immigrant workplace deaths. At the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he won the John M. Patterson Prize for television documentary making and later received the John McCloy Journalism Fellowship to Europe. He also has a B.A. in political science from Fordham University in the Bronx. He lives on Long Island, New York.

Bibliography

Awards

  • 1986: National Sigma Delta Chi Award, Society of Professional Journalists, "The Confession-Takers" series.[2]
  • 1987: Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism, Newsday, "The Rush to Burn: America's Garbage Gamble". [3]
  • 1990: Society of Silurians, Special Community Service Award, New York Newsday series "The Business of Methadone."[4]
  • 1994: Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It.[5]
  • 1998: New York Times Notable Book of The Year, Author Dr. Spock: An American Life.[6]
  • 2000: Society of Silurians, Science/Health Reporting Award, "Managed Care and Doctors: The Broken Promise," Newsday.[7]
  • 2002: ICIJ, now known as Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting, Death on the Job: Immigrants at Risk.[8]
  • 2003: American Booksellers Association, Top 10 JFK Books, "The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings." [9]
  • 2010: National Headliners Award, Fallout: The Legacy of Brookhaven Lab in the Pacific.[10]
  • 2010: New York Emmy nomination (documentary), "Fallout", Newsday. [11]
  • 2012: National Sigma Delta Chi Award, The Society of Professional Journalists, Online Investigative Reporting.[12]
  • 2012: Society of American Business Editors and Writers Best in Business.[13]
  • 2012: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Finalist with NPR.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
  • 2014: Golden Globes, Best Drama Nominee, Author/Producer Masters of Sex.[14]
  • 2014: American Film Institute (AFI), TV Program of The Year, Author/Producer Masters of Sex.[14]
  • 2014: New York Press Club, Television, The Body Business, News 12 Long Island/Newsday.[15]
  • 2014: JFK Presidential Library Forum, "The Churchills and the Kennedys", [16]
  • 2015: Society of Silurians, Public Service Merit Award, "Cash Crop: Marijuana on Long Island and Across the United States," Newsday and News 12 Long Island. [17]
  • 2016: USC Scripter Award, Nominated, Author/Producer Masters of Sex.[14]
  • 2018: Society of the Silurians,"Unequal Justice" about racial disparities in criminal justice system, Newsday with News 12 Long Island. [18]
  • 2019: New York Press Club, TV award, "Solar Panel Investigation" with News 12 Long Island and Newsday. <ref name="https://www.nypressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Awards-Release.pdf"/ref>

References

  1. ^ "Pioneering 'Masters Of Sex' Brought Science To The Bedroom". Fresh Air. NPR. July 30, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalists, announced..."
  3. ^ http://https://nieman.harvard.edu/awards/worth-bingham-prize-for-investigative-journalism/. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.https://www.silurians.org. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award Winners". Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  6. ^ "Notable Books of 1998". www.nytimes.com.
  7. ^ http://www.https://www.silurians.org. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "The Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting are unique among journalism prizes worldwide in that they were created specifically to honor cross-border investigative reporting. Formerly the ICIJ Awards, the prizes were renamed in 2008 in honor of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain by militants in Pakistan in 2002". Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  9. ^ https://www.bookweb.org/news/autumn-2003-book-sense-76-top-ten-jfk-picks.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ http://www.headlinerawards.com/Winners2010Print.html
  11. ^ https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/pages/b6cd12f8/2010%20New%20York%20Emmy%20Award%20Nominations%20June%2025%202014.pdf http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/newsday-s-maier-up-for-an-emmy-1.1782970, https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/pages/b6cd12f8/2010%20New%20York%20Emmy%20Award%20Nominations%20June%2025%202014.pdf. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "About This Project: Skin and Bone - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists".
  13. ^ "Awards - Center for Public Integrity". Center for Public Integrity.
  14. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference imdb.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Club, Handmade by Peter O.E. Bekker for The New York Press. "The New York Press Club - Awards for Journalism". www.nypressclub.org.
  16. ^ https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/museum-calendar/forums/2014-11-05-churchills-and-kennedys. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference http://www.silurians.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SILURIANNEWSMAY2015.pdf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference https://www.newsday.com/long-island/silurian-headliner-award-1.18018656 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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