Ted Gup

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Ted Gup
Born (1950-09-14) September 14, 1950 (age 73)
Canton, Ohio

Ted Gup (born September 14, 1950) is an author, journalist and professor known for his work on government secrecy, free speech and journalistic ethics. He is the author of three books, including The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA, which told the stories of previously unnamed

CIA officers killed in the line of duty
. His work has appeared in Slate, The Guardian, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Nation, NPR, GQ, and numerous other venues.

Gup has been a prolific writer regarding

Mount Weather facility,[2]
as well as intelligence issues.

In the 1992

Plain Dealer, arguing that the Greenbrier bunker was obsolete in 1992. "We sat on the story for a couple of months making sure it wouldn't harm national security," Gup said. "The bunker mentality that preserved that place was itself a threat to national security. It's exactly why you want an active press."[5]

Gup, a 1968 graduate of

Boston, Massachusetts and was a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient in 2003.[7] He was also a 1980 recipient of the George Polk award in journalism offered by Long Island University. He shared the 1981 Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers,[8][9] and received an Honorable Mention in the same category in 1984.[10]

For his book, Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life, published by Doubleday he received the 2007 Orwell Award. In this book he contended that the political culture was defined by a misguided desire for secrecy and was undermining the transparency of democratic institutions.

His 2010 book, A Secret Gift, much unlike anything else he had ever written, chronicles the

Orthodox Jewish grandfather, Sam Stone, to help families in Canton, Ohio affected by the Great Depression.[11][12]

Gup lost his oldest son David, aged 21, to drugs and alcohol on October 18, 2011. David had been diagnosed with ADHD in the first grade and prescribed medication.[13]

In the

SCR.[14] He returned to Durham as Writer in Residence at St Cuthbert's in 2017 and again in 2019.[15][16]

Books

External videos
video icon Booknotes interview with Gup on The Book of Honor, August 27, 2000, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Gup on The Book of Honor, July 16, 2001, C-SPAN
video icon After Words interview with Gup on Nation of Secrets, June 16, 2007, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Gup on Nation of Secrets, June 10, 2007, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Gup on A Secret Gift, November 9, 2010, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Gup on A Secret Gift, December 5, 2010, C-SPAN

References

  1. TIME. Berryville, Virginia
    . Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Gup, Ted (June 24, 2001). "Civil Defense Doomsday Hideaway". Time. Washington. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "washingtonpost.com: THE ULTIMATE CONGRESSIONAL HIDEAWAY". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  4. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  5. ^ a b Glaser, Susan (March 17, 2009). "Ted Gup's disclosure of the Greenbrier bunker still controversial 17 years later". The Plain Dealer. cleveland.com. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  6. ^ Western Reserve Academy
  7. ^ All Fellows – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  8. ^ "Historical Winners List". UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  9. ^ "Loeb Award winners 1958–1996". Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. April 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  10. ISSN 0190-8286
    .
  11. ^ Noon book talk,Ted Gup, A Secret Gift | Boston Athenæum
  12. ^ Amazon.com listing for A Secret Gift
  13. ^ Gup, Ted (April 2, 2013). "Diagnosis: Human". New York Times.
  14. ^ "Professor Ted Gup". Institute of Advanced Study. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  15. ^ "St Cuthbert's Society - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  16. ^ "St Cuthbert's Society - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  17. ^ Booknotes interview with Gup on The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA, August 27, 2000.
  18. ^ "Book".

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