Joel Brinkley

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Joel Brinkley
Born
Joel Graham Brinkley

(1952-07-22)July 22, 1952
Washington, D.C.
DiedMarch 11, 2014(2014-03-11) (aged 61)
Washington, D.C.
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation(s)columnist, professor
RelativesDavid Brinkley (father)
Alan Brinkley (brother)

Joel Graham Brinkley (July 22, 1952 – March 11, 2014) was an American syndicated columnist. He taught in the journalism program at Stanford University from 2006 until 2013, after a 23-year career with The New York Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1980 and was twice a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.[1]

Early life and education

The son of Ann Fischer and TV news anchor

Washington, DC in 1952.[3][4] In 1975 he received a B.A. in English and journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was married and had two daughters. His brother, Alan Brinkley, was a historian and provost at Columbia University.[5]

Career

Brinkley's career began when he worked at the

New York Times, where he worked until 2006 as a reporter, White House correspondent, foreign correspondent, editor and bureau chief.[6][7][8]

He was a director of the Fund for Investigative Journalism from 2001 to 2006.[1]

In 2006, he joined

Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction.[8][11][12]

Brinkley wrote a weekly op-ed column on foreign policy syndicated by

Tribune Media Services. He received "more than a dozen national reporting and writing awards".[12][13]

Awards

Death

Brinkley died at the age of 61 at a Washington, D.C. hospital on March 11, 2014. The cause was pneumonia. He had underlying leukemia.[15] He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Bibliography (books only)

In addition to his many newspaper articles, Brinkley wrote four books by himself, was co-author of a fifth, and wrote a chapter in another (of which his brother was an editor).

  • Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land (2011, non-fiction)[10][16]
  • The Circus Master's Mission (fiction, 1989)[17]
  • Defining Vision: The Battle for the Future of Television (non-fiction, 1998)[18]
  • U.S. vs. Microsoft: The Inside Story of the Landmark Case (non-fiction, 2001, co-author with Steve Lohr)[19]
  • The Stubborn Strength of Yitzhak Shamir (non-fiction, 1989)[20]
  • Inside the Intifada (1989)[21]
  • chapter about George W. Bush in The American Presidency (non-fiction, 2004)[1][22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Joel Brinkley". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  2. ^ TV news legend David Brinkley dead at 82, June 12, 2003, Brinkley married Ann Fischer and they had three sons: Alan, a history professor, Joel, an editor and Pulitzer Prize winner, and John, a newspaper writer. {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  3. ISBN 9783110972320
    . born on July 22, 1952, in Washington, D.C....son of a well-known American television journalist, David Brinkley
  4. ^ "Joel Brinkley." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 5 February 2013.
  5. ^ Boss-Bicak, Shira J. "Alan Brinkley: Scholar, Teacher, Author - Provost". Columbia College Today. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Joel Brinkley". GlobalPost – International News. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Joel Brinkley". TMS. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  8. ^ a b Yardley, William (2014-03-13), "Joel Brinkley, a Times Washington and Mideast Reporter, Dies at 61", New York Times, archived from the original on 2014-03-13, [...] White House correspondent, Jerusalem bureau chief [...] Mr. Brinkley left The Times in 2006 to teach journalism at Stanford University, and he remained there until late last year, when he became a tactical adviser to John F. Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction.
  9. ^ "Joel Brinkley". Tribune Media Services. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  10. ^ a b "Comm Faculty: Joel Brinkley". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 5 February 2013. Joel Brinkley is the Hearst Visiting Professional in Residence. Brinkley joined the Department of Communication in the fall of 2006 after a 23-year career with The New York Times.
  11. ^ Dylan Byers (2014-03-13), Timesman Joel Brinkley dead at 61, Politico, ...becoming an adviser to the special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction in 2013
  12. ^ a b http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joel-brinkley/4/7b8/3b7 [self-published source]
  13. ^ "Joel Brinkley". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  14. ^ "Courier-Journal has won". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  15. ^ Pulitzer Winner Joel Brinkley Dead at 61, ABC News, 2014-03-13, Brinkley, 61, died Tuesday at a hospital in Washington, his wife Sabra Chartrand confirmed Thursday. The cause of death was acute undiagnosed leukemia which led to respiratory failure from pneumonia, Chartrand said.
  16. ISBN 9781610390019
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  17. LCCN 88043367
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  18. LCCN 98017794
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  19. LCCN 00699630
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  20. ^ Brinkley, J. (1988). The Stubborn Strength of Yitzhak Shamir. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  21. ^ Brinkley, J. (1989). Inside the Intifada. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  22. LCCN 2003062513. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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