John M. Crewdson
Encyclopedia
John M. Crewdson is a Pulitzer Prize
-winning reporter. He was a senior correspondent for the Chicago Tribune
for 24 years.
. In 1970, Crewdson graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in economics. He interned for The New York Times Washington bureau which was followed by a year of graduate study at Oxford University.
Later, Crewdson joined the Chicago Tribune
as a national news editor. In 1989, he wrote a 50,000-word history of the discovery of the AIDS
virus. In 1990, Crewdson joined the Chicago Tribune's Washington bureau. In 1994, he wrote about a scandal in breast cancer research that led to strengthening government scrutiny of clinical trials.
In 1996, Crewdson wrote a special report for the Tribune about commercial airplanes' inadequate medical equipment for passenger health emergencies. That report was one of three finalists for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize
for explanatory reporting.
On November 12, 2008, Crewdson was one of five editorial staff members laid off from the Tribune's Washington, D.C. bureau.
for National Reporting "For his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration" while writing for the New York Times.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning reporter. He was a senior correspondent for the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
for 24 years.
Early life
He attended public schools in Albany, CaliforniaAlbany, California
Albany is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 18,539 at the 2010 census.-History:In 1908, a group of local women protested the dumping of Berkeley garbage in their community...
. In 1970, Crewdson graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in economics. He interned for The New York Times Washington bureau which was followed by a year of graduate study at Oxford University.
Career
Crewdson joined The New York Times after his graduate work at Oxford, and covered the Watergate scandal and various scandals related to the CIA and the FBI. He later became a national correspondent based in the newspaper's Houston bureau.Later, Crewdson joined the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
as a national news editor. In 1989, he wrote a 50,000-word history of the discovery of the AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
virus. In 1990, Crewdson joined the Chicago Tribune's Washington bureau. In 1994, he wrote about a scandal in breast cancer research that led to strengthening government scrutiny of clinical trials.
In 1996, Crewdson wrote a special report for the Tribune about commercial airplanes' inadequate medical equipment for passenger health emergencies. That report was one of three finalists for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for explanatory reporting.
On November 12, 2008, Crewdson was one of five editorial staff members laid off from the Tribune's Washington, D.C. bureau.
Pulitzer Prize
Crewdson was the recipient of the 1981 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for National Reporting "For his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration" while writing for the New York Times.
Books
John Crewdson has written three books.- The Tarnished Door: The New Immigrants and the Transformation of America ISBN 9780812910421 (Times Books, 1983) Looks at the world of illegal aliens residing in the United States and explores topics including the chaos, inadequacy, and corruption of American immigration policy and service.
- By Silence Betrayed: Sexual Abuse of Children in America (Little Brown & Co: 1988) ISBN 9780316160940 Interviews with experts and victims.
- Science Fictions: A Scientific Mystery, a Massive Cover-Up, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo ISBN 9780316134767 (Little Brown & Co. 2002). Describes the competition between scientists--including Robert GalloRobert GalloRobert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus , the infectious agent responsible for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.Gallo is the...
of the National Cancer InstituteNational Cancer InstituteThe National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
--over credit for the discovery of the HIVHIVHuman immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
virus in a study that offers a revealing look at how scientific and research laboratories really work. Reprint ISBN 9780316090049 (Back Bay Books, 2003)