Ann Louise Bardach
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Ann Louise Bardach is an American
journalist
and non-fiction
author
. Bardach is best known for her work on Cuba
and Miami and was called "the go-to journalist on all things Cuban and Miami," by the Columbia Journalism Review
having interviewed people such as Fidel Castro
, Juanita Castro
, Luis Posada Carriles
, E. Howard Hunt
, Orlando Bosch
and Felix Rodriguez
Bardach's books include Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington,, cited as the authoritative book about Cuba under Raúl Castro and one of the Miami Herald's "Ten Best Books of 2009". “Without Fidel," wrote Tom Wolfe, "is news between hard covers by a relentless reporter who writes like a dream." Her most well-known book previous to Without Fidel was Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana and her journalism has been anthologized in KILLED: Journalism Too Hot To Print and Mexico in Mind. Bardach was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair
for ten years and has written for the New York Times, The Washington Post
, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast
, The New Republic
and Los Angeles Times
. She has guested on many US television programs including 60 Minutes
, Today, Dateline NBC
, CNN
, The O'Reilly Factor
, and Charlie Rose
. Bardach started the Global Buzz column for Newsweek International and the Interrogation column for Slate.
In 1995 Bardach won the PEN USA Award for Journalism for her reporting on Mexican
politics, and was a finalist in 1994 for her coverage of women in Islam
ic countries. Her book Cuba Confidential was a finalist for the New York Public Library
Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism and the PEN USA Award for Best Non-fiction, and named one of "Ten Best Books of 2002" by the Los Angeles Times. Bardach was a finalist for the 2005 PEN USA award for Journalism for her story on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
's ties with the tabloid press
, published in Los Angeles magazine
.
Bardach started the international journalism class at University of California, Santa Barbara
(USCB) and is on the board of PEN USA and UCSB's Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media. and is a Resident Scholar at UCSB's Orfalea Center. She is also the editor of The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro as well as Cuba: A Travelers Literary Companion and she serves on the Brookings Institution
's Cuba Study Project.
As of October 2011, Bardach is a writer at large for Newsweek
and is working on a biography of the Indian monk Swami Vivekananda
.
United States
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journalist
Journalist
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and non-fiction
Non-fiction
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author
Author
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. Bardach is best known for her work on Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and Miami and was called "the go-to journalist on all things Cuban and Miami," by the Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review
The Columbia Journalism Review is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961....
having interviewed people such as Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
, Juanita Castro
Juanita Castro
Juana de la Caridad Castro Ruz is a sister of former Cuban President Fidel Castro and current President Raúl Castro. After working as a CIA agent in Cuba, she has been living in the United States since 1964.-Early life:...
, Luis Posada Carriles
Luis Posada Carriles
Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles is a Cuban-born Venezuelan anti-communist and former Central Intelligence Agency agent....
, E. Howard Hunt
E. Howard Hunt
Everette Howard Hunt, Jr. was an American intelligence officer and writer. Hunt served for many years as a CIA officer. Hunt, with G...
, Orlando Bosch
Orlando Bosch
Orlando Bosch Ávila was a Cuban exile militant, former Central Intelligence Agency-backed operative, and head of Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations, which the FBI has described as "an anti-Castro terrorist umbrella organization". Former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh called...
and Felix Rodriguez
Félix Rodríguez (Central Intelligence Agency)
Félix Ismael Rodríguez Mendigutia is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer infamous for his involvement in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, in the interrogation and execution of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara and his ties to George H. W. Bush during the Iran-Contra Affair...
Bardach's books include Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington,, cited as the authoritative book about Cuba under Raúl Castro and one of the Miami Herald's "Ten Best Books of 2009". “Without Fidel," wrote Tom Wolfe, "is news between hard covers by a relentless reporter who writes like a dream." Her most well-known book previous to Without Fidel was Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana and her journalism has been anthologized in KILLED: Journalism Too Hot To Print and Mexico in Mind. Bardach was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
for ten years and has written for the New York Times, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
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, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news reporting and opinion website founded and published by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk Magazine. The Daily Beast was launched on October 6, 2008, and is owned by IAC...
, The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
and Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. She has guested on many US television programs including 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....
, Today, Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It previously was NBC's flagship news magazine, but now focuses on true crime stories. It airs Friday at 9 p.m. EST and after football season on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.-History:Dateline is historically notable for...
, CNN
CNN
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, The O'Reilly Factor
The O'Reilly Factor
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, and Charlie Rose
Charlie Rose (talk show)
Charlie Rose is an American television interview show, with Charlie Rose as executive producer, executive editor, and host. The show is syndicated...
. Bardach started the Global Buzz column for Newsweek International and the Interrogation column for Slate.
In 1995 Bardach won the PEN USA Award for Journalism for her reporting on Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
politics, and was a finalist in 1994 for her coverage of women in Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic countries. Her book Cuba Confidential was a finalist for the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism and the PEN USA Award for Best Non-fiction, and named one of "Ten Best Books of 2002" by the Los Angeles Times. Bardach was a finalist for the 2005 PEN USA award for Journalism for her story on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
's ties with the tabloid press
Tabloid journalism
Tabloid journalism tends to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news...
, published in Los Angeles magazine
Los Angeles (magazine)
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.
Bardach started the international journalism class at University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
(USCB) and is on the board of PEN USA and UCSB's Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media. and is a Resident Scholar at UCSB's Orfalea Center. She is also the editor of The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro as well as Cuba: A Travelers Literary Companion and she serves on the Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
's Cuba Study Project.
As of October 2011, Bardach is a writer at large for Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
and is working on a biography of the Indian monk Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda , born Narendranath Dutta , was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission...
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Books
- Without Fidel: Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington (Scribner, 2009)
- The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro: Cartas del Presidio (Avalon/Nation, 2007)
- Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print (Nation Books, 2004)
- Cuba Confidential: The Extraordinary Tragedy of Cuba, Its Revolution and Its Exiles (Penguin, 2004)
- Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana (Random House, 2002)
- Cuba: A Travelers Literary Companion (Whereabouts Press, 2002)
- Vicki (St. Martins Press, 1986)
External links
- Castros Forever: Ann Louise Bardach Interview with Elizabeth Dickinson for Foreign Policy magazine, March 2010