Daniel Golden

Daniel L. Golden (born 1957) is an American journalist, working as a senior editor for ProPublica.[1] He was previously senior editor at Conde Nast's now-defunct Portfolio magazine,[2] and a managing editor for Bloomberg News.[3][4]

For the former administrator of NASA, see Daniel Goldin.
Daniel Golden

Early life and education

Born in Toledo, Ohio,[5] Golden grew up in an academic family, as his parents Morris and Hilda Golden were both professors who would later teach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[6] Daniel Golden graduated from Harvard College in 1978 with a B.A.[6]

Journalism career

From 1978 to 1981, Golden was a reporter for the Springfield Daily News in Springfield, Massachusetts.[5] In 1981, Golden first joined The Boston Globe as a regional reporter, being promoted to general assignment and investigative reporter in 1982. From 1986 to 1993, Golden wrote for the Globe's Sunday "Focus" section and weekly magazine.[5] After a year as an investigative reporter, Golden was a special projects reporter for the Globe from 1994 until leaving in 1998.[5]

Golden joined The Wall Street Journal as a reporter in 1999. Beginning in 2000, Golden was the Boston deputy bureau chief for the Journal.[5]

As Deputy Bureau Chief at the Boston bureau of The Wall Street Journal he received the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 2004 for a series of articles on admissions preferences in elite American universities, specifically relating to the enormous advantages enjoyed by more affluent white students,[7] and the use of development cases (admissions based on potential donations).[8] He earned the 2011 Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting for his article "Education Inc.".[9] Golden is also a three time recipient of the George Polk Award.[10]

A series of articles that Golden edited about Corporate Tax Inversions won Bloomberg's first Pulitzer Prize in 2015.[11]

Books

He is the author of The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges—and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates.[12] His second book. Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities, was published by Henry Holt and Co. in October 2017.[13]

References
  1. Gordy, Cynthia (2016-09-19). "Daniel Golden to Join ProPublica as Senior Editor". ProPublica. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  2. "Daniel Golden | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  3. "Daniel Golden stories - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  4. Pérez-Peña, Richard. "More WSJ Veterans Land at Bloomberg News". Media Decoder Blog. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  5. "Daniel Golden". The Complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies. 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2020 – via Nexis.
  6. https://www.danlgolden.com/about.php
  7. Daniel Golden's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Articles
  8. Golden, Daniel (2006-09-09). "How Lowering the Bar Helps Colleges Prosper". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  9. "Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 28, 2011. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  10. Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal - George Polk Award Winner for Educational Reporting
  11. "Bloomberg Wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize". Bloomberg L.P. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  12. Yglesias, Matthew (2 June 2017). "Jared Kushner is the domino Trump can least afford to fall in the Russia investigation". Vox. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  13. ISBN 9781627796354
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