John Branch (journalist)

John Branch is an American journalist and writer who currently works at the New York Times, covering topics related to sports and California.

John Branch
BornJune 25, 1967 (age 52)
Redondo Beach, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Colorado Boulder (BS, MA)
Notable work
"Snow Fall"
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Feature Writing (2013)

Early life and education

Branch was born on June 25, 1967 in Redondo Beach, California and raised in Colorado. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Master of Arts degree in Journalism, both from the University of Colorado Boulder.[1][2][3]

Career

After graduating from college, Branch worked for The Gazette in Colorado Springs as a business reporter from 1996 to 1998, and a sports reporter from 1998 to 2002. He then worked as a sports columnist for The Fresno Bee from 2002 to 2005.

He first joined The New York Times in 2005. Branch won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek," a multimedia narrative on a deadly avalanche at Stevens Pass, and was a finalist in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his series titled "Punched Out" about the death of ice hockey player Derek Boogaard.[4]

He authored a biography about Boogaard titled Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard which was released in 2014. It won the 2015 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.[5][6]

Personal life

Branch is based in Novato, California.[7][8]

References
  1. "John Branch - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "Meet John Branch". College of Media, Communication and Information. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. "John Branch". Dart Center. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. May 5, Peninsula Press Staff on; AM, 2014 at 6:30 (2014-05-05). "NY Times reporter John Branch finds beauty — and a career — in quiet corners of sport". Local: In The Peninsula. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  5. Carolyn Kellogg (May 13, 2015). "PEN announces award-winners and shortlists". LA Times. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  6. "2015 PEN Literary Award Winners". pen.org. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  7. Michelson, Megan (2018-05-18). "The Pulitzer-Winning Chronicler of Cowboys and Climbers". Outside Online. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  8. Branch, John (2017-10-11). "The Girl in the No. 8 Jersey". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-23.


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