Daniel Zwerdling
Encyclopedia
Daniel Zwerdling is an American investigative journalist
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In 2006 and 2007, he reported that officers at Fort Carson were punishing soldiers, returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with post traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems.
, on PBS.
There was some controversy about his layoff in 2002.
From 1999 to 2002, he was an investigative reporter for RadioWorks, NPR News.
From 1993 to 1999, he was senior host of NPR's Weekend All Things Considered.
He was a staff writer at The New Republic and a freelance reporter.
He was an adjunct professor of Media Ethics at American University
, and an associate of the Bard College
Institute for Language and Thinking in New York.
His work has appeared in The New York Review of Books.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
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In 2006 and 2007, he reported that officers at Fort Carson were punishing soldiers, returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with post traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems.
Life
From 2002 to 2004, he was NPR's television correspondent on PBS' NOW with Bill MoyersBill Moyers
Bill Moyers is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson Administration from 1965 to 1967. He worked as a news commentator on television for ten years. Moyers has had an extensive involvement with public...
, on PBS.
There was some controversy about his layoff in 2002.
From 1999 to 2002, he was an investigative reporter for RadioWorks, NPR News.
From 1993 to 1999, he was senior host of NPR's Weekend All Things Considered.
He was a staff writer at The New Republic and a freelance reporter.
He was an adjunct professor of Media Ethics at American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
, and an associate of the Bard College
Bard College
Bard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...
Institute for Language and Thinking in New York.
His work has appeared in The New York Review of Books.
Awards
- 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism AwardRobert F. Kennedy Journalism AwardThe Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is journalisms award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who...
- 2008 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award
- George Foster Peabody Award
- Edward R. Murrow Award
- Investigative Reporters and Editors for investigative reporting
- Overseas Press Club Foundation award for live coverage of breaking international news
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Journalism Award
- National Press Club Award for consumer reporting
- Ohio State awards for international reporting
- James Beard award for reporting on the food industry
- Champion-Tuck Award for economic reporting.
External links
- "Daniel Zwerdling: The greatest question in journalism ", Stabile Center and the Columbia chapter of SPJ
- "'On Location' with NPR is treat for InvestigateWest Editor", Investigate West, Rita Hibbard, 05/07/2010
- "The Crisis in News: Broadcasting Panel", University of California: Berkeley