Name David Maraniss Role Journalist | Spouse Linda Maraniss | |
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Awards Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, Ambassador Book Award for American Studies Nominations Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, Pulitzer Prize for History Books Barack Obama: The Story, When Pride Still Mattered, Once in a Great City: A Detroit, They Marched Into Sunli, First in his class Similar People Profiles | ||
Inside media with david maraniss
David Maraniss (born 1949) is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.
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- Inside media with david maraniss
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- Career
- Personal life
- Books
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He received a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1993 for his coverage of then-candidate Bill Clinton during the 1992 United States presidential election.
Maraniss received an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Spring commencement ceremony on May 16, 2014.
conversations from st norbert college featuring david maraniss
Career
Maraniss began his journalism career as a high school student in Madison, Wisconsin, where he covered antiwar protests and high school football for a local daily newspaper. He joined The Washington Post in 1977 and has served it in various capacities since. The Post assigned him the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Personal life
Maraniss and wife Linda live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin.
Books
Maraniss has written or co-authored numerous books, most of which are biographies of politicians or athletes, and all of which were published by Simon & Schuster.