Dan Barry is a reporter and columnist for The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

, where he has written the "This Land" column since January 2007. “Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball’s Longest Game,” Barry’s most recent book, about the longest game in professional baseball history

Longest professional baseball game

The Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history. It lasted for 33 innings over eight hours and 25 minutes...

, will be released in April 2011 by Harper Collins.

Background/Personal

The oldest of four children, Barry was born in Queens and raised in Deer Park, N.Y. He graduated from St. Bonaventure University

St. Bonaventure University

St. Bonaventure University is a private, Franciscan Catholic university, located in Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. It has roughly 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students....

 and received a master’s degree in journalism from New York University

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

. In 1983, he joined The Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Conn., as a reporter, and moved to the Providence Journal-Bulletin in 1987. Barry joined The Times in 1995.

Barry lives in Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 23,867.-History:...

, with his wife, Mary Trinity, and two daughters, Nora and Grace.

Writings

Prior to “This Land,” Barry wrote the “About New York” column for The Times for three years. He also served as city hall bureau chief, Long Island bureau chief, police bureau chief, and general assignment reporter for the metropolitan desk. Barry has written two other books: “Pull Me Up,” a memoir of his Long Island Irish upbringing and battle with cancer, published in 2004; and “City Lights: Stories About New York,” a collection of Barry’s “About New York” columns, published in 2007.

In 1994, while working for the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Barry was part of an investigative team that won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting after exposing corruption in the Rhode Island court system. He has since been a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

twice: in 2006, for his coverage of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans and life in New York City, and in 2010, for his coverage of how the Great Recession changed lives and relationships in America. His other honors include a shared Polk Award in 1992 while at the Journal-Bulletin, for investigating the cause of a state banking crisis; the 2003 American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for deadline reporting, for his coverage of the first anniversary of Sept. 11; and the 2005 Mike Berger Award, which honors in-depth human interest reporting.

External links

• http://www.nytimes.com/ref/nyregion/bio-barry.html
• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/columns/danbarry/index.html
• http://www.harpercollinscatalogs.com/harper/527_1817_333039373338.htm
• http://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/people/the-accidental-tourist.html