Thomas Maier Explained

Thomas Maier should not be confused with Tomas Maier.

Thomas Maier
Occupation:Author, journalist, television producer
Employer:Chicago Sun-Times, Newsday
Known For:Writing, investigative journalism
Notable Works:Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love
When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys

Thomas Maier is an author, journalist, and television producer. His book Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love is the basis for the Primetime Emmy-winning Showtime drama Masters of Sex. Maier is also the author and a producer of "Mafia Spies", a six-part Paramount+ docuseries, based on his book of the same name.[1] In 2022, he won the Columbia Journalism School Alumni Award for career achievement.[2]

Maier is the author of When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys, a history of the two families. His other books include The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings, a multi-generational history of the Kennedy family and the impact of their Irish-Catholic background on their lives, and Dr. Spock: An American Life. The latter was named a "Notable Book of the Year" in 1998 by The New York Times[3] and the subject of a BBC and A&E biography documentary.

His 1994 book, Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It, won the Frank Luther Mott Award by the National Honor Society in journalism[4] and mass communication for best media book of the year.[5]

Maier joined Newsday in 1984 after working at the Chicago Sun-Times. He has won several awards in the field of journalism, including the national Society of Professional Journalists' top reporting prize on two occasions, the National Headliner Award, the Worth Bingham Prize, and the New York Deadline Club award. In 2002, he won the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' top prize for a series about immigrant workplace deaths. He won the John M. Patterson Prize from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for television documentary production and later received the John McCloy Journalism Fellowship to Europe. He lives on Long Island, New York.

Bibliography

Awards

Newspaper, “The Gift, Interrupted”, Newsday.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: White . Peter . 2023-05-04 . ‘Mafia Spies’ Doc Series Ordered At Paramount+ From CreativeChaos, Danny Strong & Matt Jackson . 2024-02-14 . Deadline . en-US.
  2. Web site: Columbia Journalism School Names 2022 Alumni Award Winners. December 14, 2021 . September 29, 2023 . April 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230415205714/https://journalism.columbia.edu/columbia-journalism-school-names-2022-alumni-award-winners . dead .
  3. News: 1998-12-06 . Notable Books of 1998 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-17 . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Frank Luther Mott – KTA Research Award Winners . 2023-05-17 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Kreig . Andrew . 'All That Glitters' Author Shines At National Press Club Talks . 2023-05-17 . www.justice-integrity.org . en-gb.
  6. Web site: All That Glitters . 2024-03-27 . Skyhorse Publishing . en-US.
  7. Web site: Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalists, announced....
  8. Web site: 2015-07-09 . Rush to Burn . 2024-03-27 . Island Press . en.
  9. Web site: Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20060104022855/http://www.kappataualpha.org/mott-win.html . dead . 4 January 2006 . 17 December 2013.
  10. Web site: Notable Books of 1998. www.nytimes.com.
  11. Web site: The Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting are unique among journalism prizes worldwide in that they were created specifically to honor cross-border investigative reporting. Formerly the ICIJ Awards, the prizes were renamed in 2008 in honor of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain by militants in Pakistan in 2002. . 17 December 2013.
  12. http://www.headlinerawards.com/Winners2010Print.html
  13. Web site: Gay . Verne . 2010-02-26 . Newsday's Maier...up for an Emmy (?!) . 2024-03-27 . Newsday . en.
  14. Web site: About This Project: Skin and Bone - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. July 13, 2012.
  15. Web site: Awards - Center for Public Integrity. Center for Public Integrity.
  16. Web site: The New York Press Club - Awards for Journalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20081028182049/http://www.nypressclub.org/awards.php. dead. 2008-10-28. Handmade by Peter O.E. Bekker for The New York Press. Club. www.nypressclub.org.
  17. https://silurians.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SILURIANNEWSMAY2015.pdf
  18. Web site: 2018-04-15 . Newsday journalists capture more Silurian awards . 2024-03-27 . Newsday . en.
  19. Web site: 2020-08-19 . New York Press Club Announces its 2020 Journalism Award Winners - The New York Press Club . 2024-03-27 . www.nypressclub.org . en-US.
  20. https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/files/06d4b0bc/2020-nominees-press-release-pnnas40.pdf
  21. https://www.nyemmys.org/2021-ny-emmy-award-recipients/
  22. https://www.nypressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/NYPC-2022-AWARDS.pdf
  23. Web site: 2023-05-31 . Newsday wins 8 awards from Silurians Press Club . 2024-03-27 . Newsday . en.

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