Christopher S. Stewart Explained

Christopher S. Stewart
Birth Place:Ithaca, New York
Occupation:Journalist, Author
Employer:The Wall Street Journal

Christopher S. Stewart is an American author and investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, which he joined in 2011.[1] In 2015, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative reporting with several colleagues for a series of articles exposing abuses in the Medicare system.[2]

He was formerly a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio, where, among other things, he wrote about the Unification Church's gun business,[3] Iran sanction busting, and corruption in Iraq. His story about Iraq's top cop[4] was at the center of a Congressional inquiry into fraud and waste.[5]

He was later the deputy editor at The New York Observer.

Stewart has written for various magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, GQ, New York, The Paris Review, Harper's and Wired, among others.

He is the author of Hunting the Tiger, a definitive portrait of one of the Balkans most dangerous men during the region's wars in the 1990s.[6] His second book, Jungleland, is about a lost city in Central America and an American spy who claimed that he'd found it.[7]

He lives in New York. Stewart is the co-author of the book Drone Warrior about the life of Brett Velicovich, which received CIA approval in 2016. The book has been optioned by Paramount Pictures for a biographical film to be produced by Michael Bay.[8]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search Results Wall Street Journal.
  2. News: Wall Street Journal Wins Investigative Pulitzer - WSJ. Wall Street Journal. April 20, 2015. Trachtenberg. Jeffrey A..
  3. Web site: Archived copy . October 29, 2015 . August 21, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821092402/http://upstart.bizjournals.com/careers/Features/2007/09/17/Unification-Church.html?page=all . dead .
  4. http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news-markets/international-news/portfolio/2008/03/17/Iraq-Top-Fraud-Cop-Judge-Radhi.html?page=all
  5. Web site: - Examining the Effectiveness of U.S. Efforts to Combat Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Corruption in Iraq.
  6. Web site: Books: Book Reviews, Book News, and Author Interviews : NPR. NPR.
  7. Web site: Christopher S. Stewart to Write Book About Lost City . HarperStudio . January 5, 2010 . August 10, 2012.
  8. Web site: Michael Bay to Develop Biopic on Drone Warfare Fighter (EXCLUSIVE). Gregg. Goldstein. 13 May 2016.
  9. Web site: IRE members recognized in 2015 Pulitzer Prizes . Hutchins . Sarah . April 21, 2015 . Investigative Reporters and Editors . February 18, 2019 . February 18, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190218091506/https://www.ire.org/archives/30166 . dead .
  10. Web site: The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting . . February 18, 2019.
  11. Web site: UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2015 Gerald Loeb Award Winners. UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 24, 2015. January 31, 2019.
  12. Web site: 2014 IRE Award winners . . February 19, 2019.
  13. Winners of the 2023 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson at New York City Event . . . September 23, 2023 . December 16, 2023.

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