Dan Neil (journalist)

Dan Neil
Born (1960-01-12) January 12, 1960 (age 64)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania[1]
OccupationWriter
EducationEast Carolina University (BA)
North Carolina State University (MA)
GenreAutomotive journalism

Dan Neil is an American journalist who is an automotive columnist for The Wall Street Journal[2] and a former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, AutoWeek and Car and Driver. He was a panelist on 2011's The Car Show with Adam Carolla on Speed Channel.[3]

In 1999, Neil received the International Motor Press Association's Ken Purdy Award for automotive journalism,[4] and in 2004 Neil won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism,[5] presented annually to a newspaper writer who has demonstrated 'distinguished criticism.' Awarded for his LA Times column Rumble Seat, the Pulitzer board noted Neil's "one-of-a-kind reviews of automobiles, blending technical expertise with offbeat humor and astute cultural criticism."[5]

Journalist Brooke Gladstone called Neil "the Oscar Wilde of auto reviewers."[6] Freelance automotive journalist Thomas Bey called Neil "the thinking man's smart ass."[7]

  1. ^ "Wall Street Journal Auto Columnist Dan Neil Joins FOXSports.com on MSN". Sports Media News.
  2. ^ "Pulitzer winner Dan Neil reportedly leaves Los Angeles Times for Wall Street Journal". Autoblog.com, Jeremy Korzeniewski, February 5, 2010.
  3. ^ "The Car Show with Adam Carolla: First impressions from the set". Autoblog.com, July 12, 2011, Michael Harley.
  4. ^ "Ken Purdy Award Recipients". International Motor Press Association. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Some Highish Brows Furrow as a Car Critic Gets a Pulitzer". The New York Times, April 8, 2004, David Carr. April 8, 2004. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
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  7. ^ "Dan Neil Interview". Askmen.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2023. Automotive journalist Dan Neil is as opinionated and outspoken as any of his peers, yet he opines without blunt-force drama, wielding an acerbic wit that makes him the thinking man's smart-ass. The Pulitzer Prize winner has written for AutoWeek, Car and Driver, LA Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)