Jonathan Kaufman | |
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Journalist, Author, Professor at Northeastern University | |
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Born | April 18, 1956 New York City, New York |
Alma mater | Yale College Harvard University |
Website | [1] |
Jonathan Kaufman (born April 18, 1956) is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter[1] and author, and Director of the Northeastern University School of Journalism[2] and professor of Journalism.[3]
Kaufman was born in New York City, New York. Prior to joining Northeastern, he was an Executive Editor at Bloomberg News, overseeing more than 300 reporters and editors.[4] Under his leadership, Kaufman's team at Bloomberg won numerous awards including a 2015 Pulitzer Prize, several George Polk Awards, the Overseas Press Club Award, a Gerald Loeb Award, the Osborn Elliott Prize of the Asia Society, and the Education Writers Association Grand Prize.[5]
Prior to Bloomberg, Kaufman was a senior editor and Beijing Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal[6] and a reporter and Berlin Bureau Chief at the Boston Globe where he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for a series examining racism and job discrimination in Boston.[7]
Kaufman's specialties are the role of Jews in American politics and around the world;[8] the challenges facing media in the 21st century and in the age of President Donald Trump;[9] race relations and class in the United States;[10] and Chinese politics, economy and relations with the United States.[11]
Author[edit]
Kaufman is the author of three books.
Broken Alliance: The Turbulent Times Between Blacks and Jews in America[12] won the National Jewish Book Award.[13] It was hailed by African-American and white reviewers as gripping, insightful and fair and is still used widely in college classrooms.[14]
A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe[15] was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Reviews called it “deeply engrossing,”[16] and “beautifully written.”[17]
Kaufman had a third book published 2020: Kings of Shanghai. Two Rival Dynasties and the Creation of Modern China (Little Brown, 2020, ISBN 978-1-4087-1004-3).[18]
Education[edit]
- Masters: Regional Studies of East Asia, Harvard University
- Bachelors: English, Yale College
Honors and awards[edit]
- Pulitzer Prize for Special Local Reporting, 1984, for a series in The Boston Globe on racism and job discrimination in Boston.[19]
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Local Reporting, 1985, for a series in The Boston Globe on neighborhood activists in Boston.[20]
- National Jewish Book Award for Broken Alliance, 1989.[21]
- National Headliner Award, 1997, for a series in The Wall Street Journal on the changing nature of work and worker's lives.[22]
- Unity in Media Award, 1999, for articles in the Wall Street Journal on the impact of incarceration on black families.[23]
- American Jewish Committee Present Tense Award for Best Book on Current Affairs for Broken Alliance, 1989.
- Finalist, National Jewish Book Award for A Hole in the Heart of the World, 1997.
- Columbia University School of Journalism School Award for Coverage of Race and Ethnicity, 2008, for a portfolio of stories on how race and gender have impacted the presidential primary races.
- Columbia University School of Journalism School Award for Coverage of Race and Ethnicity, 1999, for articles in the Wall Street Journal on the impact of incarceration on black families.
- Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, 2015, for a Bloomberg News series on corporate tax dodging.[24]
- Asia Society/Osborn Elliott Award for Coverage of Asia, 2015, for a Bloomberg series on companies in India killing villagers and others through pollution and environmental abuse.[25]
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Public Service, 2011, for a Bloomberg News series on financial abuses by for-profit colleges.[26]
- Overseas Press Club Award, 2011, for a Bloomberg Businessweek story on Chinese students gaming the SATs to gain admittance to American colleges.[27]
- Gerald Loeb Award, 2011, for a Bloomberg series on financial abuses by for-profit colleges.[28]
- George Polk Award, 2012, for a Bloomberg series on abuses in the student loan industry.[29]
- George Polk Award, 2011, for a Bloomberg series on financial abuses by for-profit colleges.[30]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ "Jonathan Kaufman".
- ^ "Bloomberg News editor to lead Northeastern's journalism school - the Boston Globe".
- ^ "Bloomberg names Kaufman executive editor for company news - Talking Biz News". 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Bloomberg's Jonathan Kaufman on prize-winning teams". 2011-07-20.
- ^ "A Fan in Beijing Makes Trek Home to Red Sox Nation, Finds Bliss in Front Row". Wall Street Journal. 29 October 2004.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ "FACULTY PROFILE: Jonathan Kaufman". 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Trump Banning Reporters Echoes Nixon, China". 2016-06-16.
- ^ "Prison Life is All Around for a Girl Growing up in Downtown Baltimore". Wall Street Journal. 27 October 1998.
- ^ "Biography - JONATHAN KAUFMAN".
- ^ Kaufman, Jonathan (1995). Broken Alliance. ISBN 0684800969.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
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- ^ Kaufman, Jonathan (1997-01-01). A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe. ISBN 9780670867479.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe by Jonathan Kaufman, Author Viking Books $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-670-86747-9".
- ^ "A HOLE IN THE HEART OF THE WORLD | Kirkus Reviews".
- ^ London Review of Books, 18 February 2021.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
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- ^ "Unity Awards in Media - Lincoln University".
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ "How Moving Away from the 'Old Model' of Journalism Led to 'Revelatory' Stories Out of India".
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ "Awards Recipients - OPC".
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