Brian M. Rosenthal

Brian M. Rosenthal is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times.[1][2]

Brian M. Rosenthal
BornMarch 16, 1989 (1989-03-16) (age 34)
NationalityAmerican
EducationMedill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
OccupationJournalist

Early life and education

Rosenthal grew up in Indiana and graduated from Northwestern University, where he was Editor in Chief of The Daily Northwestern.[3]

Journalism career

Rosenthal started his career at local newspapers including the Pharos-Tribune in Logansport, Indiana, the Reno Gazette-Journal, The Seattle Times and The Orange County Register.

In 2011, he returned to The Seattle Times to cover education and the state house.[4] His year-long series on Washington state's mental-health system spurred significant reforms and was cited in a landmark state Supreme Court case. While in Seattle, he was also part of a reporting team that won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News for coverage of a mudslide that killed 43 people.[2]

He joined The Houston Chronicle in 2014 as a state bureau reporter based in Austin focused primarily on government and politics, and health and human services.[5] His 7-part series, "Denied," revealed that Texas officials had secretly, systematically and illegally denied special education services to tens of thousands of children with disabilities for more than a decade. The investigation forced the state to pass several reforms and increase special education funding by billions of dollars. The series was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer in Public Service.[6]

In 2017, The New York Times announced Rosenthal's hire as part of an effort in “further expanding its already robust investigative team."[7]

Rosenthal won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for exposing how leaders of the New York City taxi industry profited from predatory loans that shattered the lives of vulnerable cabdrivers.[2]

His signature investigations are known for citing "enormous sums of interviews": “nearly 100 current and former M.T.A. employees,”[8] or “more than 100 other psychiatrists, nurses and officials”[9] or “more than 300 experts, educators and parents.”[10][11]

Rosenthal has won three George Polk Awards, the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, and was a finalist for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. He also won a national Emmy Award in 2019 for his work as a producer on a mini-documentary.[12]

He has served since 2019 as an elected member of the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors.[13]

References
  1. "Brian M. Rosenthal - the New York Times". The New York Times.
  2. "The Pulitzer Awards". www.pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  3. "Brian Rosenthal to be next editor in chief of the Daily". 18 May 2010.
  4. "Brian M. Rosenthal". The Seattle Times. 11 January 2023.
  5. "Brian M. Rosenthal, Austin Bureau, Houston Chronicle - Houston Chronicle".
  6. "The Pulitzer Awards". www.pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  7. "The New York Times Adds To Investigative Muscle With Three New Hires". The New York Times Company. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  8. "The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth". The New York Times. 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  9. "'Boarding' mentally ill becoming epidemic in state". 5 October 2013.
  10. "Denied: How Texas keeps out tens of thousands of children out of special education". Houston Chronicle. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  11. "The Path From Boy Scout to Pulitzer Winner". The New York Times. 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  12. "The New York Times Wins Five Emmy Awards". The New York Times Company. 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  13. "Brian M. Rosenthal". Investigative Reporters & Editors. 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
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