Kevin Sack

Kevin Sack, an American journalist, is a senior reporter for The New York Times.[1]

Sack shared a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2001 for a New York Times series on race.[2]

While at The Los Angeles Times, he received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, with Alan Miller, for their revelatory and moving examination of a military aircraft, nicknamed "The Widow Maker," that was linked to the deaths of 45 pilots.[3]

He was a member of The New York Times reporting team that received the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for coverage of the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.[4] Team members named by The Times were Pam Belluck, Helene Cooper, Sheri Fink, Adam Nossiter, Norimitsu Onishi, Sack, and Ben C. Solomon.[5]

Career

Before joining the Times, Sack was a national correspondent in the Atlanta bureau of The Los Angeles Times, Atlanta bureau chief and correspondent for The New York Times, and a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.[6]

Education

Sack is a graduate of Duke University, 1981, with a B.A. in history. He attended the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa on a Rotary Foundation fellowship.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/behind-the-cover-story-kevin-sack-on-his-friendship-with-a-lost-boy/
  2. ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2003-National-Reporting
  3. ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2003-National-Reporting
  4. ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2015-International-Reporting
  5. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/business/media/21pulitzer-winners-finalists.html
  6. ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2003-National-Reporting
  7. ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2003-National-Reporting

External links

Kevin Sack new article on three-time Pulitzer winner

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