Craig Wolff is an American journalist and author and a former sports, feature, and news writer for

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

. He was a journalism professor at the

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. He is also a former senior enterprise editor and writer at

The Star-Ledger ''The Star-Ledger'' was the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey. It is based in Newark, New Jersey. The newspaper ceased print publication on February 2, 2025, but continues to publish a digital edition. In 2007, ''The Star-Ledger''s ...

of Newark, N.J. While reporting for The New York Times, Wolff was part of the team that won the

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for coverage of the

1993 World Trade Center bombing The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by Ramzi Yousef and associates against the United States on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Manhat ...

. He also covered the story of

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, which he and four of his colleagues turned into ''Outrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax.'' He shared in a second

in 2017 as an editor for an investigative project examining an NYPD enforcement policy targeting people of color and minority-owned businesses; presented jointly to

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and the

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. In 2003, he co-wrote ''My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou'' with Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of

police brutality Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or Public order policing, a group. It is an extreme form of police misconduct and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality includes, b ...

victim

Amadou Diallo In the early hours of February 4, 1999, an unarmed 23-year-old Guinean student named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was fired upon with 41 rounds and shot a total of 19 times by four New York City Police Department plainclothes office ...

. It won a 2004

Christopher Award The Christopher Award (established 1949) is presented to the producers, directors, and writers of books, films and television specials that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit". It is given by The Christophers, a Christian organizatio ...

for "work that raises the human spirit."

Books

*''Tennis Superstars: The Men'' *''Outrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax'' *''My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou'' (2003)

References

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