Education
Bachelor"s degree in broadcasting from the in 1977.
Bachelor"s degree in broadcasting from the in 1977.
He is currently assigned to the national staff as an enterprise reporter. He has also worked for the Post′s foreign staff division. He wrote The Good Soldiers and Thank You for Your Service.
He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow.
He lives in the Washington, District of Columbia area.
1995 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award of the Missouri School of Journalism for a story about racial and class conflict. 2001 Robert F. Kennedy for Excellence in Journalism International Print Prize for "Invisible Journeys" about illegal immigration. 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, citing "his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government"s attempt to bring democracy to Yemen." 2010 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for The Good Soldiers. 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) shortlist for Thank You for Your Service 2014 Erikson Institute Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media for his investigative reporting The Washington Post.
