David Maraniss
David Maraniss | |
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 David Maraniss at the 2012 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | 1949 |
| Notable awards | 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting |
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David Maraniss (/ˈmɛərənɪs/; born 1949) is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.
He received a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1993 for his coverage of then-candidate Bill Clinton during the 1992 United States presidential election.
Maraniss received an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Spring commencement ceremony on May 16, 2014.
Career[edit]
Maraniss began his journalism career as a high school student in Madison, Wisconsin, where he covered antiwar protests and high school football for a local daily newspaper. He joined The Washington Post in 1977 and has served it in various capacities since. The Post assigned him the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Maraniss and wife Linda live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin. His son, Andrew Maraniss is also an author and has been on the New York Times best-seller list in 2015.[2]
Books[edit]
Maraniss has written or co-authored numerous books, most of which are biographies of politicians or athletes, and all of which were published by Simon & Schuster.
References[edit]
- ^ Howell, Deborah (July 20, 2008). "A Vote for Coverage of Substance". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Books/Best Sellers/Race and Civil Rights". nytimes.com. New York Times. December 1, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project winners". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
External links[edit]
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- 1949 births
- American male journalists
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- American sportswriters
- American non-fiction writers
- Living people
- Writers from Madison, Wisconsin
- Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting winners
- The Washington Post people
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- American journalist, 1940s birth stubs
- 20th-century American journalists
