Jonathan Kwitny
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United States
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writer
Writer
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and investigative journalist
Investigative journalism
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. He received the University of Missouri School of Journalism's honor medal for career achievement. His book jacket biographies record that his reporting forced J. Lynn Helms
J. Lynn Helms
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, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration
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, to resign, and dogged President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
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's National Security Advisor
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Richard V. Allen
Richard V. Allen
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for conflicts of interest
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.
Biography
He was born in Indianapolis in 23 March 1941 to Julia Goldberger Kwitny and Dr. I. J. Kwitny (president of the medical staff at St. Vincent Indianapolis HospitalSt. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
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), and graduated in 1962 from the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
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's School of Journalism. He received a master's degree
Master's degree
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in history in 1964 at New York University
New York University
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. His newspaper career began as a reporter for The Evening News (of Perth Amboy) between 1963 & 1969. He was a former front page feature writer for the Wall Street Journal producing front-page columns and articles about national and international topics; he joined the Journal in 1971 and worked there for the next seventeen years. He stayed with The Journal until his move to PBS in 1988. More recently, he worked for the Gannett Company
Gannett Company
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guiding Trenton
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coverage for its New Jersey papers. He also served as a consultant on Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
for NBC Nightly News. Kwitny also had in the 1980s a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
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series entitled The Kwitny Report which during its four year run won the George Polk award (in 1990) for best investigative reporting on television
Television
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.
He is also the author of a number of non-fiction
Non-fiction
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books. His fifth book (Endless Enemies) received a Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
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nomination.
He was married in 4 September 1993 under Catholic rites to a then-Methodist poet Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood was a well-known campaigner for Scottish independence and founder of the Scottish Patriots...
Kwitny (his second marriage; his first wife, Martha Kaplan Kwitny, had previously died of long-term kidney disease at the age of 33), Kwitny devoted some years to completing his biography of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
, which he began in 1992. He died in 1998 of esophageal
Esophageal cancer
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stomach cancer
Stomach cancer
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in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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, aged 57. "He was survived by his second wife and their two sons and two daughters from his first marriage. His first wife died in 1978."
Partial bibliography
- Vicious Circles: The MafiaMafiaThe Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
in the Marketplace (1979) ISBN 0-39301-188-7 - Endless Enemies: The Making of an Unfriendly World (1984; ISBN 0-14-008093-7)
- The Crimes of Patriots: A True Story of Dope, Dirty MoneyMoney launderingMoney laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...
, and the C.I.A. (1988; about the Australian Nugan Hand BankNugan Hand BankNugan Hand Bank was an Australian merchant bank thatcollapsed in 1980 in sensational circumstances amidst rumours of involvement by the Central Intelligence Agency and organized crime.-Founding:...
scandal) - Acceptable Risks (1992; on AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
testing) - The Super Swindlers: The Incredible Record of America's Greatest Financial Scams (1994; ISBN 978-1561712489)
- Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul IIBlessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
(1997; ISBN 0805026886)
External links
- PBS.org FrontlineFrontline (TV series)FRONTLINE is a public affairs television program that produces and broadcasts in-depth documentaries about various subjects. Produced at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts and distributed through the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, the program has been critically acclaimed and...
article critical of Man of the Century - Article in The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
on Kwitny's marriage - Article in The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
on The Kwitny Report - Article on PBS, with a focus on why The Kwitny Report was canceled
- Article from NewsdayNewsdayNewsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
on Wendy Kwitny's meeting with Pope John Paul the II. - "Guts and accuracy--the Kwitny trademarks" -(memorial article)