Jonathan Kaufman Explained
Jonathan Kaufman (born April 18, 1956) is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter,[1] author, editor, Director of the Northeastern University School of Journalism,[2] and professor of journalism.[3]
Career
Prior to joining Northeastern, he was an Executive Editor at Bloomberg News, overseeing more than 300 reporters and editors.[4] Under his leadership, Kaufman's team at Bloomberg won numerous awards including a 2015 Pulitzer Prize, several George Polk Awards, the Overseas Press Club Award, a Gerald Loeb Award, the Osborn Elliott Prize of the Asia Society, and the Education Writers Association Grand Prize.[5]
Prior to Bloomberg, Kaufman was a senior editor and Beijing Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal[6] and a reporter and Berlin Bureau Chief at the Boston Globe where he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for a series examining racism and job discrimination in Boston.[7]
Kaufman's specialties are the role of Jews in American politics and around the world;[8] the challenges facing media in the 21st century and in the age of President Donald Trump;[9] race relations and class in the United States;[10] and Chinese politics, economy and relations with the United States.[11]
Publications
- Broken Alliance: The Turbulent Times Between Blacks and Jews in America[12] won the National Jewish Book Award.[13] It was hailed by African-American and white reviewers as gripping, insightful and fair and is still used widely in college classrooms.[14]
- A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe[15] was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. Reviews called it “deeply engrossing,”[16] and “beautifully written.”[17]
- The Last Kings of Shanghai. Two Rival Dynasties and the Creation of Modern China (Little Brown, 2020,).[18]
Honors and awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Special Local Reporting, 1984, for a series in The Boston Globe on racism and job discrimination in Boston.[19]
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Local Reporting, 1985, for a series in The Boston Globe on neighborhood activists in Boston.[20]
- National Jewish Book Award for Broken Alliance, 1989.[21]
- National Headliner Award, 1997, for a series in The Wall Street Journal on the changing nature of work and worker's lives.[22]
- Unity in Media Award, 1999, for articles in the Wall Street Journal on the impact of incarceration on black families.[23]
- American Jewish Committee Present Tense Award for Best Book on Current Affairs for Broken Alliance, 1989.
- Finalist, National Jewish Book Award for A Hole in the Heart of the World, 1997.
- Columbia University School of Journalism School Award for Coverage of Race and Ethnicity, 2008, for a portfolio of stories on how race and gender have impacted the presidential primary races.
- Columbia University School of Journalism School Award for Coverage of Race and Ethnicity, 1999, for articles in the Wall Street Journal on the impact of incarceration on black families.
- Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, 2015, for a Bloomberg News series on corporate tax dodging.[24]
- Asia Society/Osborn Elliott Award for Coverage of Asia, 2015, for a Bloomberg series on companies in India killing villagers and others through pollution and environmental abuse.[25]
- Gerald Loeb Award,[26] George Polk Award,[27] and Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Public Service,[28] 2011, for a Bloomberg series on financial abuses by for-profit colleges.
- Overseas Press Club Award, 2011, for a Bloomberg Businessweek story on Chinese students gaming the SATs to gain admittance to American colleges.[29]
- George Polk Award, 2012, for a Bloomberg series on abuses in the student loan industry.[30]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes.
- Web site: Jonathan Kaufman.
- Web site: Bloomberg News editor to lead Northeastern's journalism school - the Boston Globe. .
- Web site: Bloomberg names Kaufman executive editor for company news - Talking Biz News. 29 October 2013.
- Web site: Bloomberg's Jonathan Kaufman on prize-winning teams. 2011-07-20.
- News: A Fan in Beijing Makes Trek Home to Red Sox Nation, Finds Bliss in Front Row. Wall Street Journal. 29 October 2004.
- Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes.
- Web site: FACULTY PROFILE: Jonathan Kaufman. 20 April 2016.
- Web site: Trump Banning Reporters Echoes Nixon, China. . 2016-06-16.
- News: Prison Life is All Around for a Girl Growing up in Downtown Baltimore. Wall Street Journal. 27 October 1998.
- Web site: Biography - JONATHAN KAUFMAN.
- Book: 0684800969. Broken Alliance. Kaufman. Jonathan. 1995. registration.
- Web site: NJBA Winners . 2019-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116143149/https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/njba-list . 2018-11-16 . dead .
- Web site: Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction.
- Book: A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe. 9780670867479. Kaufman. Jonathan. 1997-01-01.
- Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe by Jonathan Kaufman, Author Viking Books $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-670-86747-9.
- Web site: A HOLE IN THE HEART OF THE WORLD | Kirkus Reviews.
- London Review of Books, 18 February 2021.
- Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes.
- Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes.
- Web site: NJBA Winners . 2019-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181116143149/https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/njba-list . 2018-11-16 . dead .
- Web site: National Headliner Awards Writing • Reporting • TV & Radio • Photography • Graphics.
- Web site: Unity Awards in Media - Lincoln University.
- Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes.
- Web site: How Moving Away from the 'Old Model' of Journalism Led to 'Revelatory' Stories Out of India.
- Web site: UCLA Anderson School of Management. 3 May 2021.
- Web site: Page Not Found Long Island University.
- Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes.
- Web site: Awards Recipients - OPC.
- Web site: Page Not Found Long Island University.
