Mitchell Zuckoff
Encyclopedia
Mitchell Zuckoff is a professor of journalism at Boston University
. He is the author of Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
, published in April 2011 by HarperCollins. His earlier books are Robert Altman: The Oral Biography, Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, and Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey. He is co-author with Dick Lehr of Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders
Zuckoff's magazine work has appeared in The New Yorker
, Fortune and elsewhere. As a reporter at The Boston Globe
, Zuckoff was a Pulitzer Prize
finalist for investigative reporting. He received the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors
, the Livingston Award for International Reporting, the Heywood Broun Award, and the Associated Press Managing Editors' Public Service Award.
Zuckoff received a master’s degree from the University of Missouri
and was a Batten Fellow at the Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia
. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts
.
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. He is the author of Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-La
Lost in Shangri-La is a story about an American airplane called "The Gremlin Special", which crashed on May 13, 1945 in New Guinea, and the subsequent rescue of the survivors...
, published in April 2011 by HarperCollins. His earlier books are Robert Altman: The Oral Biography, Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, and Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey. He is co-author with Dick Lehr of Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders
Zuckoff's magazine work has appeared in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Fortune and elsewhere. As a reporter at The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
, Zuckoff was a 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...
finalist for investigative reporting. He received the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors
American Society of Newspaper Editors
The American Society of News Editors is a membership organization for editors, producers or directors in charge of journalistic organizations or departments, deans or faculty at university journalism schools, and leaders and faculty of media-related foundations and training organizations...
, the Livingston Award for International Reporting, the Heywood Broun Award, and the Associated Press Managing Editors' Public Service Award.
Zuckoff received a master’s degree from the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
and was a Batten Fellow at the Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
.
Books
- Zuckoff, Mitchell. Robert Altman: The Oral Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. ISBN 9780307267689 Found in 697 libraries according to WorldCat
- Review, by David Thomson in The New RepublicThe New RepublicThe 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...
(October 21, 2009): 53–55 - Review, by Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of BooksThe New York Review of BooksThe New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
. 57, no. 4, (2010): 29 - Review, by Mark Harris The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe 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...
book review. (November 8, 2009): 29
- Review, by David Thomson in The New Republic
- Zuckoff, Mitchell. Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend. New York: Random House, 2005. Found in 922 libraries according to WorldCat
- Discussed on on video,: C-SPAN Archives, 2005.
- Review, by D Margolick The New York Times Book Review. 110, no. 15, (April 10, 2005): 19–24.
- Zuckoff, Mitchell. Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey. Boston, Mass: Beacon Press, 2002. ISBN 9780807028162 Found in 550 libraries according to WorldCat
- Review, by M. Jones The New York Times Book Review, 107, Part 50 (2002): 26
- Zuckoff, Mitchell, and Dick Lehr. Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN 9780060008444 Found in 697 libraries according to WorldCat