Michael Hudson (reporter)

This article is about the investigative journalist. For the economics professor, see Michael Hudson (economist). For the Middle East studies scholar, see Michael Hudson (political scientist).
Michael Hudson
Born
Richmond, Virginia
EducationWashington and Lee University
OccupationJournalist
SpouseDarcey Steinke

Michael Hudson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist. He is currently head of investigations at the Guardian US.[1]

He worked two stints as a senior editor with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). At ICIJ, Hudson has worked on many major projects, including the organization's Offshore Leaks, China Leaks, Luxembourg Leaks, Panama Papers, FinCEN Files and Pandora Papers investigations of offshore money laundering and tax avoidance. During his first tour at ICIj, he was an editor, reporter and writer on the Panama Papers investigation, which won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.[2]

In between his two tours at ICIJ, Hudson worked as global investigations editor at The Associated Press, where he edited the AP's investigation of war crimes and corruption in Yemen, which won a 2019 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.[3]

Hudson previously reported on police, prisons, poverty and politics for The Roanoke (Va.) Times and covered business and finance for the Wall Street Journal and the Center for Public Integrity.[4] Hudson's book The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America – and Spawned a Global Crisis, was named 2010 Book of the Year by Baltimore City Paper.[5]

  1. ^ "Guardian US announces creation of new investigations unit, with Michael Hudson as first-ever US head of investigations". The Guardian. 2023-10-02. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  2. ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
  3. ^ "Yemen's Dirty War". Associated Press.
  4. ^ "Michael Hudson". Center for Public Integrity. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
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