Robert Samuels (journalist)

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Robert Samuels is an American journalist. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker .

Career

Robert Samuels is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. [1] As an undergraduate, he was the editor of BlackBoard, the black student magazine, but left the job to become the editor-in-chief of The Daily Northwestern. [2] After working at an internship at The Washington Post, he took a full-time job as a staff writer at The Miami Herald. In February 2011, he returned to the staff at The Post, where he developed a reputation for doing on-the-ground stories about race, politics and the changing American identity. His work garnered him many awards, including a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and the Toner Award for National Political Reporting. With a team of reporters, he won a George Polk Award and a Peabody Award. [3] With Toluse Olorunnipa, he is the co-author of His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice , a 2022 biography about George Floyd. [4] [5] The book was a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction [6] and the winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. [7]

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References

  1. "NU Alumni Author Talk". www.alumni.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  2. DailyNorthwestern (2005-01-25). "Former BlackBoard editor named new head of Daily". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  3. "Robert Samuels - The Washington Post". Robert Samuels. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  4. Joseph, Peniel E. (May 17, 2022). "Who Was George Floyd?". New York Times.
  5. Whitaker, Mark (May 13, 2022). "A moving portrait of George Floyd, his struggles and his legacy". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. "Robert Samuels". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  7. Nguyen, Sophia (2023-05-08). "'Trust' and 'His Name Is George Floyd' among 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-05-17.