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Michael Moss is an American journalist, author, and public speaker. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2010, [1] and was a finalist for the prize in 2006 and 1999. He is also the recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers, [2] an Overseas Press Club citation, and a James Beard Foundation Award for Literary Writing. Before joining The New York Times , he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal , New York Newsday , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel and High Country News . His authorships include Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us that was #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list and has been translated into 22 languages. His television appearances include on CBS, CNN, NPR, The Daily Show, and Fox, and he has spoken at more than 60 companies, organizations, and schools including Cornell University, Yale University, Columbia University, Duke University, Nestlé, Bloomberg, the World Health Organization, and the Smithsonian Institution. [3] He has been a fellow of Columbia University's Gannett Center for Media Studies, a fellow of the German Marshall Fund, and an adjunct professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons. [4] [5]

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  1. ↑ Falkenstein, Drew (12 April 2010). "Michael Moss (NY Times) Wins the Pulitzer Prize for E. coli Story". Food Poisoning Information. Food Poison Journal . Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "More Loeb winners: Fortune and Detroit News". Taklking Biz News. June 29, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Michael Moss -- journalist, author, speaker". mossbooks.us. Michael Moss. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Michael Moss". The New York Times . Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Michael Moss and members of the Staff of The New York Times". pulitzer.org. The Pulitzer Prizes — Columbia University . Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Hooked". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  7. ↑ Sifferlin, Alexandra (26 February 2013). "Salt Sugar Fat: Q&A With Author Michael Moss". 26 Feb 2013. TIME . Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Moss, Michael (20 February 2013). "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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