Donald McNeil Jr.

Donald Gerard McNeil Jr. (born February 1, 1954 San Francisco, California) is a science and health reporter for the New York Times[1] who has reported on epidemics, including AIDS and COVID-19.

Biography

He graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in rhetoric. He started at the Times in 1976 as a copy boy.[2] He left in 1979 to teach journalism at Columbia University while studying history. From 1995 to 2002, he was a foreign correspondent based in South Africa and France. In 2013, he was featured in an acclaimed documentary about AIDS drugs, Fire In the Blood.[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he became known for his early and persistent warnings about the severity of the situation.[4]

He lives in Brooklyn. He has two daughters and a stepson.

Awards

2013 - Third Place, Beat reporting, American Association of Health Care Journalists[5]
2012 – Third Place, Beat reporting, American Association of Health Care Journalists[6]
2007 – Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award[7]
2006 – Overseas Press Club award
2002 – First place in foreign reporting from the National Association of Black Journalists

References

McNeil, Donald G. (2012-06-10). "Donald G. McNeil Jr. – The New York Times". Topics.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
"Basel Institute on Governance: Philanthropy in Global Health: Speakers". Baselgovernance.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
Bale, Miriam (2013-09-05). "'Fire in the Blood' Spotlights AIDS in Africa". The New York Times.
Delkic, Melina (19 March 2020). "Our Infectious Diseases Reporter on the 'Urgent' Response to the Coronavirus". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
http://healthjournalism.org/awards-winners.php?Year=2013
http://healthjournalism.org/about-news-detail.php?id=163#.UjPAmrxcTKR
http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/108 Archived January 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

External links

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[1] McNeil, Donald G. (2012-06-10). "Donald G. McNeil Jr. – The New York Times". Topics.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-28.

[2] "Basel Institute on Governance: Philanthropy in Global Health: Speakers". Baselgovernance.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2012-11-28.

[3] Bale, Miriam (2013-09-05). "'Fire in the Blood' Spotlights AIDS in Africa". The New York Times.

[Reader_Center-4] Delkic, Melina (19 March 2020). "Our Infectious Diseases Reporter on the 'Urgent' Response to the Coronavirus". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[5] ttp://healthjournalism.org/awards-winners.php?Year=2013

[6] ttp://healthjournalism.org/about-news-detail.php?id=163#.UjPAmrxcTKR

[7] ttp://www.rfkcenter.org/node/108 Archived January 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine