John Pekkanen Explained

John Pekkanen (born February 11, 1939, in Lyme, Connecticut) is an author,[1] and two-time National Magazine Award-winning[2] [3] American journalist and the winner of ten other national journalism awards including the National Headliner Award, the Penney-Missouri Award for medical journalism,[4] and the Award of Excellence from the American College of Emergency Physicians.[5]

A former correspondent and bureau chief for Life magazine and a senior writer for Washingtonian, Pekkanen has written for The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, Town and Country and is the author of Donor: How One Girl's Death Gave Life to Others; The Best Doctors in the U.S.; Victims: An Account of a Rape; The American Connection - Profiteering and Politicking in the "Ethical" Drug Industry;[6] M. D.: Doctors Talk about Themselves; and My Father, My Son with Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and Lieutenant Elmo Zumwalt. He is also a published poet.

Pekkanen has been a Nieman Fellow[7] at Harvard University. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

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  1. News: Reagan Had Second Crisis During Hospital Stay?. July 24, 1981. Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 4B. Pekkanen, winner of several awards for his medical reporting.... 8 May 2011.
  2. News: 11 Awards Given by Society of Magazine Editors. The New York Times. 29 April 1982.
  3. Web site: Magazine Publishers Applaud House Passage of Bipartisan Postal Reform Bill. 10 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-07-29 . 2013-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022140939/http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/4050.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Previous Award Winners . 2014-07-29 . 2014-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729211733/http://www.acep.org/Legislation-and-Advocacy/Practice-Management-Issues/Access-to-Emergency-Care/Previous-Award-Winners/ . dead .
  6. News: Drug Addiction In Us Not Confined To Junkies. Tully. Andrew. January 14, 1974. Beaver County Times. 8 May 2011.
  7. Web site: Nieman Foundation | Nieman Fellowships | Meet the Fellows | Alumni Fellows | Class of 1971 . 2010-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100824232159/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows/ClassOf1971.aspx . 2010-08-24 .

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