Debbie Nathan

Debbie Nathan
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • writer
EducationShimer College
Temple University (BA)
University of Texas at El Paso
SpouseMorton Naess
Children2
Website
www.debbienathan.com

Debbie Nathan (born 1950) is an American feminist journalist and writer, with a focus on cultural and criminal justice issues concerning abuse of children, particularly accusations of satanic ritual abuse in schools and child care institutions. She also writes about immigration, focusing on women and on dynamics between immigration and sexuality. Nathan's writing has won a number of awards.[1][2][3][4] She appears in the 2003 Oscar-nominated film Capturing the Friedmans.[5] She has been affiliated with the National Center for Reason and Justice, which, among other things, provides support to persons who may have been wrongly accused of sexual abuse.[6]

  1. ^ John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Medill School of Journalism (retrieved February 12, 2012). (Nathan won 1st prize in 1991 for work for The Village Voice.)
  2. ^ 2000 AltWeekly Awards, Association of Alternative Newsmedia (retrieved February 12, 2012). (Nathan won 1st place Arts Feature award for an article for the San Antonio Current.)
  3. ^ 1998 AltWeekly Awards, Social Reporting, Association of Alternative Newsmedia (retrieved February 12, 2012). (Nathan won 1st place Social Reporting award for an article for The Texas Observer.)
  4. ^ "Winners and Judges of the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards" Archived August 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (retrieved February 12, 2012). (Nathan won a Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in 1991.)
  5. ^ David Edelstein, "His Father's Son: The haunted men of Capturing the Friedmans." Slate, June 5, 2003.
  6. ^ David Folkenflik, "Seizures Hurt Memory, Ex-'Times' Reporter Says", All Things Considered (National Public Radio), October 19, 2007.