Weiner, Tim

Autor: Weiner, Tim
Rok: 1956-

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Americký investigativní novinář a spisovatel.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Tim Weiner (born June 20, 1956) is a veteran New York Times reporter, author of four books and co-author of a fifth, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. His newest book is "One Man Against The World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon." He is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Weiner worked for the Times from 1993 to 2009 as a foreign correspondent in Mexico, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan and as a national security correspondent in Washington, DC.Weiner won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting as an investigative reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, for his articles on the black budget spending at the Pentagon and the CIA. His book Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget is based on that newspaper series.He won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for his 2007 book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.His Enemies: A History of the FBI traces the history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations—from the bureau's creation in the early 20th century through its ongoing role in the war on terrorism.He is the director of the nonfiction residency program for reporters, writers, and documentary markers at the Carey Institute in Rensselaerville, New York.