Robert D. McFadden

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Robert D. McFadden
Born
Robert Dennis McFadden

(1937-02-11) February 11, 1937 (age 87)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
OccupationJournalist
Notable creditThe New York Times
SpouseJudith McFadden
Children1

Robert Dennis McFadden (born February 11, 1937) is an American journalist who has worked for The New York Times since 1961. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996.[1]

Biography

McFadden was born in

Manhattan, New York.[2]

Career

From 1957 to 1958, McFadden was a reporter for The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. From 1958 to 1959, he was a reporter for The Wisconsin State Journal in Madison and after he graduated from University of Wisconsin–Madison, worked for The Cincinnati Enquirer. In 1961, he was hired by The New York Times, where he remained for the next six decades as a reporter and rewrite man.[4] His writing has covered a wide range of topics including plane crashes, hurricanes, strikes, blackouts, government affairs, health, crime, transportation, politics, education, the environment, and mass media.[2] As of May 2022 and June 2023 he is listed as senior writer on the newspaper's Obituaries desk.[5][6]

Awards and honors

McFadden has received 18 major journalistic awards and seven New York Times Publisher’s Awards, He was named a Senior Writer in January 1990.[7]

  • New York Press Club's Byline Award for Spot News Reporting in 1973, 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1989
  • New York Newspaper Guild's Page One Award for Local Reporting
  • Peter Kihss Award of the New York Society of Silurians
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Mass Communication[2]

Bibliography

  • McFadden, Robert (1981). No hiding place: the New York Times inside report on the hostage crisis. New York:
    ISBN 978-0-8129-0980-7
    .
  • McFadden, Robert (1990). Outrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax. New York:
    ISBN 978-0-553-05756-0
    .

References

  1. ^ a b "The 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Spot News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Robert D. McFadden of The New York Times". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  3. ISBN 978-1573561112
    . Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  4. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (January 10, 2022). "Robert Durst, Real Estate Scion Convicted as a Killer, Dies at 78". The New York Times.
  5. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (May 1, 2022). "Regine, Whose Discotheque Gave Nightlife a New Dawn, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  6. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (June 16, 2023). "Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "Robert D. McFadden - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.

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