Matt Richtel
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Matt Richtel is an American writer and journalist for The New York Times
. He was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
for a series on distracted driving
.
Richtel obtained a bachelors degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MS from the Columbia School of Journalism.
He writes the syndicated comic Rudy Park
under the penname Theron Heir. The strip is illustrated by Darrin Bell
.
Richtel has also authored a novel called "Hooked," about a reporter whose life is turned upside down when he escapes a cafe explosion after a stranger hands him a note in his dead fiancee's handwriting warning him to leave.
In 2010, Richtel wrote, and was interviewed, about the impact on the human brain of living with "a deluge of data" from digital devices. In the interview, he previewed his current investigation into the idea that "[t]here is some thought that the way kids' brains ... and frontal lobes ... are developing" differently than those of their parents and others of older generations. He said he expected to publish his work on this subject in early December.
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...
. He was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award....
for a series on distracted driving
Distracted driving
Distracted driving, a replacement phrase for the more popular terms "texting while driving" and "talking while driving," is what occurs when a driver has something other than driving on his mind. Driving becomes subsequent in importance to another activity that is happening inside the car, truck...
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Richtel obtained a bachelors degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MS from the Columbia School of Journalism.
He writes the syndicated comic Rudy Park
Rudy Park
Rudy Park is a syndicated comic strip created by Darrin Bell and Theron Heir that is distributed by United Media.The strip started in early 2001, when its principal character was laid off from his job at a dot-com company but eventually found a new job as a barista in a coffee shop/internet cafe,...
under the penname Theron Heir. The strip is illustrated by Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell is an American cartoonist who writes and illustrates the syndicated comic strip Candorville , in addition to illustrating the comic strip Rudy Park...
.
Richtel has also authored a novel called "Hooked," about a reporter whose life is turned upside down when he escapes a cafe explosion after a stranger hands him a note in his dead fiancee's handwriting warning him to leave.
In 2010, Richtel wrote, and was interviewed, about the impact on the human brain of living with "a deluge of data" from digital devices. In the interview, he previewed his current investigation into the idea that "[t]here is some thought that the way kids' brains ... and frontal lobes ... are developing" differently than those of their parents and others of older generations. He said he expected to publish his work on this subject in early December.