Jack Abraham Newfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 18, 1938 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 20, 2004 (aged 66) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, documentary filmmaker |
| Language | English |
| Education | Hunter College |
| Notable awards | George Polk Award (1979), Emmy Award (1992), American Book Award (2002) |
| Spouse |
Janie Eisenberg (m. 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
Jack Abraham Newfield (February 18, 1938 – December 20, 2004) was an American journalist, columnist, author, documentary filmmaker and activist. Newfield wrote for the Village Voice, New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Sun, New York, Parade, Tikkun, Mother Jones, and The Nation and monthly columns for several labor union newspapers.[2][3] In his autobiography, Somebody's Gotta Tell It: The Upbeat Memoir of a Working-Class Journalist (2002), Newfield said, "The point is not to confuse objectivity with truth."[4]
A career beat reporter, Newfield wrote prolifically about modern society, culture, and politics, on a range of topics relevant to urban life, such as municipal corruption, the police, and labor unions, and also professional sports, especially baseball and boxing, as well as contemporary music.[5][6][7] He wrote numerous books about modern social and political subjects, including A Prophetic Minority (1966) and Robert Kennedy: A Memoir (1969). He received the American Book Award for The Full Rudy: The Man, the Myth, the Mania about New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.[8]
- ^ "Jack Newfield, Writer, to Wed Janie Eisenberg, Aide to Mayor". New York Times. December 6, 1970.
- ^ Amateau, Albert (December 22, 2004). "Jack Newfield, 66, journalist, Villager, club critic". The Villager. Vol. 74, no. 33.
- ^ "Editorials & Comment - Jack Newfield". The Nation. Vol. 280, no. 2. January 1, 2005.
- ^ Newfiled, Jack (2002). Somebody's Gotta Tell It: The Upbeat Memoir of a Working Class Journalist. New York: Saint Martin's Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0312269005.
- ^ Newfield, Jack (September 21, 2004). "Who Really Invented Rock-n-Roll". The New York Sun.
- ^ Newfield, Jack (October 1, 2004). "Jackie Robinson Statue Assured". The New York Sun.
- ^ Newfield, Jack (December 14, 1993), "Behind the Badge", Frontline, PBS
- ^ American Booksellers Association (2013). "The American Book Awards / Before Columbus Foundation [1980–2012]". BookWeb. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
2003 [...] The Full Rudy: The Man, the Myth, the Mania, Jack Newfield