Daniel Golden
Daniel Golden (born 1957) is an American journalist, working as a senior editor for ProPublica.[1] He was previously senior editor at Conde Nast's now-defunct Portfolio magazine,[2] and a managing editor for Bloomberg News.[3][4]
As Deputy Bureau Chief at the Boston bureau of the Wall Street Journal he received the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 2004 for a series of articles on admissions preferences in elite American universities, specifically relating to the enormous advantages enjoyed by more affluent white students,[5] and the use of development cases (admissions based on potential donations).[6] Golden is also a three time recipient of the George Polk Award.[7]
A series of articles that Golden edited about Corporate Tax Inversions won Bloomberg's first Pulitzer Prize in 2015.[8]
He holds a B.A. from Harvard College.
He is the author of The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges—and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates.[9] His second book. Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities, will be published by Henry Holt and Co. in October 2017.[10]
References
- ↑ Gordy, Cynthia (2016-09-19). "Daniel Golden to Join ProPublica as Senior Editor". ProPublica. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ↑ "Daniel Golden | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ↑ "Daniel Golden stories - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ↑ Pérez-Peña, Richard. "More WSJ Veterans Land at Bloomberg News". Media Decoder Blog. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ↑ Daniel Golden's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Articles
- ↑ Golden, Daniel (2006-09-09). "How Lowering the Bar Helps Colleges Prosper". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ↑ Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal - George Polk Award Winner for Educational Reporting
- ↑ "Bloomberg Wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize". Bloomberg L.P. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ↑ Yglesias, Matthew (2 June 2017). "Jared Kushner is the domino Trump can least afford to fall in the Russia investigation". Vox. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ↑ ISBN 9781627796354
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Biography at Pulitzer.org