Michael Goldfarb (author and journalist)
Michael Goldfarb | |
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Born | New York City | September 20, 1950
Occupation | journalist |
Alma mater | Antioch College |
Notable awards | Sony Award, Edward R. Murrow Award , Lowell Thomas Award |
Michael Goldfarb (born 20 September 1950, in
Early life and career
Michael Goldfarb was born in New York City and grew up in suburban Philadelphia. Upon graduating from Antioch College, he returned to New York to work as an actor. Under the name Michael Govan he appeared in productions at Long Wharf Theatre and Arena Stage. In 1984-85 he was a founding member of the Pearl Theatre Company in Manhattan.
Journalism
In November 1985, Goldfarb moved to London to pursue a career in journalism. He has reported from 25 countries on five continents.
He reported on the arts for British and American newspapers, particularly
From 1990 to 1998, Goldfarb worked for NPR and from 1996 to 1998 he was its London Bureau Chief. He covered
In 1999 he was a fellow at the
In 2000 he joined the
In 2016, he launched the FRDH podcast. He frames his storytelling through the idea that journalism is the First Rough Draft of History and draws on the history he has reported and lived and written about.
He continues to make documentaries for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, the World Service and Radio 5 and is a regular panelist on the BBC News programme Dateline London. He writes op-eds for The New York Times and contributes occasionally to The Guardian.[3]
Books
While covering the
In 2009, Goldfarb published his next book: Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews From the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance. It is a popular history of how Jews and European society were changed by the opening of the ghettos during the era of Jewish emancipation, which began during the French Revolution.[5][6]
Works
- Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace: Surviving Under Saddam, Dying in the New Iraq New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006. OCLC 846014786
- Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews From the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. OCLC 901720277
References
- ^ "Michael Goldfarb". Huffpost. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "A journalist laughs at the thought that his layoff anniversary is worth a story, but..." Poynter. September 2010. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ^ "Michael Goldfarb". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ^ NY Times Review: 'Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace': One of the Good Guys Retrieved 2011-11-06
- ^ NY Times Review: Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews From the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance Retrieved 2021-11-02
- ^ ReformJudaism.org: Book Review: Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance Retrieved 2021-11-02
External links
- FRDH Podcast website
- The Jewish Chronicle 27 May 2009: Interview with Michael Goldfarb Relinked 2021-11-02
- New York Times, Jan. 18, 2018: Clubbable, but in the Worst Way Retrieved 2018-15-05
- BBC Radio 4 Archive, Sat 24 Mar 2018: The King and Kennedy Assassinations: If the Dead Could Speak Relinked 2021-11-02