Walt Bogdanich (born October 10, 1950) is an American investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the

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Biography

Bogdanich graduated from the

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in 1975 with a degree in

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. He received a master's in journalism from

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in 1976. Bogdanich is assistant editor for ''

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'' Investigations Desk and an adjunct professor at the

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. Before joining The Times in 2001, he was an investigative producer for ''

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'' on CBS and for

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. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for ''

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''. Bogdanich co-authored the 2022 book '' When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm'' about consulting giant

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with Michael Forsythe.

Awards

In 1988, while a reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal'', Bogdanich won the Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting for reporting about faulty testing in American medical laboratories. He shared with

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the 1999

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for Network and Large-Market Television for an "Investigative Piece on the International Pharmaceutical Industry." In 1979, 1994, 2002 and 2004, he won the

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. The 1994 award was for an ABC Day One investigation on Big Tobacco's addition of nicotine to cigarettes. In 2005, now a reporter at ''The New York Times'', he won the

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and the 2005

for Large Newspapers for a series of reports about corporate cover-ups of fatal accidents at railway crossings. In 2008, Bogdanich and ''New York Times'' colleague Jake Hooker won the

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for reporting on toxic substances that were discovered in products imported from China. Their reporting also won the 2008

for Large Newspapers. Bogdanich received the Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and shared another Gerald Loeb Award in 2017 for Images/Graphics/Interactives.

Personal life

Bogdanich is of Serbian descent. He is married to Stephanie Saul, a reporter for ''The New York Times'' who won a Pulitzer Prize winner for her work at ''

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''. They have two sons.

References

External links

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