Steve Coll

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Washington, D.C., U.S.
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OccupationJournalist, author, business executive
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOccidental College (BA)
University of Sussex
GenreJournalism
Notable worksGhost Wars; The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (2008)
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (1990); Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2005)
SpouseEliza Griswold
Children4
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Steve Coll (born October 8, 1958) is an American journalist, historian, academic, and executive.

He was dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he also served as the Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism until 2022. A staff writer for The New Yorker, he served as the president and CEO of the New America think tank from 2007 to 2012.

He is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, a PEN American Center John Kenneth Galbraith Award, an Arthur Ross Book Award, a Livingston Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, a Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and the Lionel Gelber Prize. From 2012 to 2013, he was a voting member of the Pulitzer Prize Board before continuing to serve in an ex officio capacity as the dean of the Columbia Journalism School.

Early life and family

Steve Coll was born on October 8, 1958, in Washington, D.C. He attended Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, graduating in 1976. Following high school, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and enrolled in Occidental College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1980, he graduated cum laude with majors in English and history. Coll also attended the University of Sussex during his studies.[1][2]

Coll is married to the journalist and poet Eliza Griswold.[3]

Career

Journalism

Coll (right) with Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations
Coll (right) with Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations

After college, Coll wrote for the Pasadena Weekly. He then wrote general-interest articles for California magazine.[4]

In 1985, he started working for The Washington Post as a general assignment feature writer for the paper's Style section. Two years later, he was promoted to serve as the financial correspondent for the newspaper, based in New York City. He and David A. Vise collaborated on a series of reports scrutinizing the Securities and Exchange Commission for which they received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers.[5][6][7] In 1989, he moved to New Delhi, when he was appointed as the Post's South Asia bureau chief. He served as a foreign correspondent through 1995.[8]

Coll began working for the newspaper's Sunday magazine insert in 1995, serving as publisher of the magazine from 1996 to 1998. He was promoted to managing editor of the newspaper in 1998 and served in that capacity through 2004. He has also served as an associate editor for the newspaper from late 2004 to August 2005.

From September 2005 through December 2023, Coll was a member of the writing staff of The New Yorker. Based in Washington, D.C., he reported on foreign intelligence and national security.[9][10] Since the beginning of 2024 he has been visiting senior editor at The Economist.[10]

New America Foundation

On July 23, 2007, Coll was named as the next director of the New America Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C.[11][12] He has also contributed to the New York Review of Books, particularly about the war in Afghanistan. On June 25, 2012, Coll announced his resignation as President of the New America Foundation to pen a follow-up to Ghost Wars.[13]

On October 23, 2012, Coll was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board, administered by Columbia University.[14]

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

On March 18, 2013, it was announced that Coll would succeed Nick Lemann as the dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, effective July 1, 2013.[2][15]

Publications

Coll's The Achilles Trap was published in 2024 to positive reviews, with The New York Times writing that it offers, "a more intimate picture of the dictator [Saddam Hussein]’s thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before".[16] The Washington Post argued that despite its holistic picture of Hussein, Coll failed to accurately portray the CIA's motivations.[17] In a March 2024 interview, Coll told PBS that the contributions by Hussein were missing from Americans' understanding of the war.[18]

Honors and awards

Bibliography

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Podcasts

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Coll, Steve (June 10, 1990). "Growing Up Suburban". Washington Post Magazine.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Steve Coll named Dean of J-School". journalism.columbia.edu. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Archived from the original on March 19, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Steve Coll". Columbia Journalism School. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Conversations with History" (Interview). Interviewed by Harry Kreisler. University of California, Berkeley. March 15, 2005. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Historical Winners List". UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Government Investment Series Wins Loeb Award". Los Angeles Times. May 2, 1995. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."David A. Vise and Steve Coll of The Washington Post - The Pulitzer Prizes". The Pultizer Prizes.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Pulitzer Prizes | Awards". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Contributors: Steve Coll". Newyorker.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  10. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Steve Coll". Columbia Journalism School. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cohen, Patricia (July 23, 2007). "Journalist Chosen to Lead a Public Policy Institute". The New York Times.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Steve Coll". NewAmerica.net. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Abiz Top 50 Business Luncheon - August 23, 2012". 17 July 2012.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Pulitzer Prizes | Journalist, playwright and regional newspaper editor named to Pulitzer Prize Board". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kaminer, Ariel (March 18, 2013). "Columbia Names New Dean for Journalism School". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Malone, Noreen (2024-02-26). "Is America All-Knowing and All-Powerful? Yes, Thought Saddam Hussein". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Review | Steve Coll's latest shows Saddam Hussein's practical side". Washington Post. 2024-02-27. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'The Achilles Trap' offers a new look at Saddam Hussein's relationship with the U.S." PBS NewsHour. 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Past Winners | Livingston Awards". Livawards.org. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Crisis and Change in South Asia". Wallace House Center for Journalists. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Ed Cunningham Award 2000". Overseas Press Club of America. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Cornelius Ryan Award 2004". Overseas Press Club of America. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation". Pulitzer.org. March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Book Critics Circle: 2008 NBCC Finalists Announced". bookcritics.org. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting". Georgetown University. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Muchnick, Laurie (November 3, 2012). "Steve Coll Wins FT/Goldman Prize for Exxon Mobil Study". Business Week. Retrieved November 4, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Williams, John (January 14, 2012). "National Book Critics Circle Names 2012 Award Finalists". New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Italie, Hillel (March 14, 2018). "Zadie Smith, Anna Burns among winners of critics prizes". The Washington Post. The Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  29. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Orwell Prizes 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

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