Mark Mazzetti
Encyclopedia
Mark Mazetti is an American
Pulitzer Prize
winning journalist
for The New York Times
.
with a Bachelors degree in Public Policy
and Politics. Later, he earned a Masters degree in History from Oxford university.
Early career
In 1998 shortly after receiving a Masters degree from Oxford, Mazzetti began reporting on national politics as a correspondent for the Economist
. After leaving the Economist in 2001 Mazzetti joined the US News and World Reports staff and began reporting on defense and National Security as their Pentagon
correspondent. In 2004 Mazzetti joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times
, and continued working with the Pentagon as a Military affairs correspondent .
In 2003 Mazzetti spent two months reporting in Baghdad
while travelling with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
.
United States
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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...
winning journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
for The New York Times
The New York Times
The 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...
.
Life
Mazzetti was born in Washington DC, and graduated from Duke UniversityDuke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
with a Bachelors degree in Public Policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
and Politics. Later, he earned a Masters degree in History from Oxford university.
Career
Mazzetti currently covers national security as a correspondent for The New York times, although he works from their Washington DC office. Mazzetti has worked with the New York Times since 2006, and continues to write articles which pertain to politics and international relations.Early career
In 1998 shortly after receiving a Masters degree from Oxford, Mazzetti began reporting on national politics as a correspondent for the Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
. After leaving the Economist in 2001 Mazzetti joined the US News and World Reports staff and began reporting on defense and National Security as their Pentagon
Pentagon
In geometry, a pentagon is any five-sided polygon. A pentagon may be simple or self-intersecting. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagram is an example of a self-intersecting pentagon.- Regular pentagons :In a regular pentagon, all sides are equal in length and...
correspondent. In 2004 Mazzetti joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, and continued working with the Pentagon as a Military affairs correspondent .
In 2003 Mazzetti spent two months reporting in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
while travelling with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
1st Marine Expeditionary Force
The I Marine Expeditionary Force is a Marine Air Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps primarily composed of the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 1st Marine Logistics Group...
.
Personal Life
On May 30th, 2010, Mazzetti and Lindsay Friedman were married in Alexandria Virginia.Awards
- In 2009 Mazzetti shared a 2009 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe 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...
for international reporting with Jane PerlezJane PerlezJane Perlez is an Australian born journalist who has been The New York Times correspondent in Africa, Eastern Europe and Indonesia. She is currently reporting from Pakistan....
, Eric P. SchmittEric P. SchmittEric P. Schmitt is a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist, widely quoted by other journalists. he writes for the New York Times....
and Pir Zubair ShahPir Zubair ShahPir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist, hailing from South Waziristan in the tribal areas along the Afghan border, with the New York Times....
- In 2006 Mazzetti received the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense
- In 2008 Mazzetti received the Livingston award for national reporting, for an expose revealing the CIA's destruction of controversial video tapes which exposed the United States interrogation tactics for Al Qaeda detainees