Jim Dwyer (journalist)

Jim Dwyer
Jim Dwyer, November 2016
Jim Dwyer, November 2016
Born(1957-03-04)March 4, 1957
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 8, 2020(2020-10-08) (aged 63)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationJournalist, author
LanguageEnglish
EducationFordham College (BS)
Columbia University (MS)
Notable works
  • More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley
  • False Conviction: Innocence, Guilt and Science
  • 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
  • Actual Innocence: Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted
  • Subway Lives: 24 Hours in the Life of the New York City Subway
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Commentary
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting (team)
Spouse
Catherine Muir Dwyer
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(m. 1981)​
Children2
Website
nyti.ms/jimdwyer

Jim Dwyer (March 4, 1957 – October 8, 2020)[1] was an American journalist and author. He was a reporter and columnist with The New York Times, and the author or co-author of six non-fiction books. A native New Yorker, Dwyer wrote columns for New York Newsday and the New York Daily News before joining the Times.[2][3] He appeared in the 2012 documentary film Central Park Five and was portrayed on stage in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy (2013). Dwyer had won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his "compelling and compassionate columns about New York City"[4] and was also a member of the New York Newsday team that won the 1992 Pulitzer for spot news reporting for coverage of a subway derailment in Manhattan.[1]

  1. ^ a b McFadden, Robert D. (October 8, 2020). "Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize–winning Journalist, Dies at 63". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
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  4. ^ "The Pulitzer for distinguished commentary – Jim Dwyer of Newsday, Long Island, NY". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved October 10, 2020.