Daniel Hertzberg, an American

United States

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 journalist

Journalist

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, is the former deputy managing editor for international news at The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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. Starting July 1, 2009, Hertzberg has served as senior editor-at-large at BLOOMBERG NEWS(R) in New York. Hertzberg is a 1968 graduate of the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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Awards

In 2008 he received the year's Gerald Loeb Award

Gerald Loeb Award

The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of...

 Lifetime Achievement Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

in 1988 for a story about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987, stock market crash.