DW Gibson

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DW Gibson
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Author
  • Radio Host

David-William Gibson is an American journalist, author, radio host, and cultural critic. He shared a 2016 National Magazine Award for his work on “This Is the Story of One Block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn” for New York magazine.[1]

Gibson has published two oral histories: Not Working: People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today’s Changing Economy and The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century,[2] which won the inaugural Brooklyn Eagle Literary Prize awarded by the Brooklyn Public Library[3][4] and a 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal.[5] He has written for Harper’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and The Village Voice.[6] He has contributed on-air to NPR’s All Things Considered[7] and Midday on WNYC[8]

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  1. ^ "2016 National Magazine Awards". American Society of Magazine Editors. Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ "DW Gibson". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ^ Sutton, Benjamin (November 24, 2015). "A Complex Portrait of Gentrification in New Yorkers' Own Words". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Brooklyn Public Library Announces Eagles Literary Prize Winners". Publishers Weekly. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. ^ "2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Regional & Ebook Results". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. ^ "DW Gibson". WNYC Studios. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  7. ^ Gibson, DW (August 13, 2012). "Wicked And Delicious: Devouring Roald Dahl". NPR. All Things Considered. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Neil Gaiman Explores the World of Norse Mythology". WNYC. Midday on WNYC. Mar 6, 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

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