Dan Fagin

Dan Fagin (born February 1, 1963) is an American

journalist who specializes in environmental science. Dan Fagin
He won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
for his best-selling book Toms River: A Story of
Science and Salvation.[1][2] Toms River also won the
Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in
Journalism, the National Academies Communication
Award, and the Rachel Carson Environment Book
Award of the Society of Environmental Journalists,
among other literary prizes.[3][4][5]

Early life
Fagin was born in Oklahoma City and attended high
school at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School,
where he was friends with another future author, Blake
Bailey.[6] Fagin graduated in 1985 from Dartmouth Fagin at the 2015 Texas Book Festival
College, where he served as the editor-in-chief of The
Born February 1, 1963
Dartmouth (the college's daily newspaper).
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
U.S.
Occupation Environmental journalist, New
Career York University journalism
professor
From 1991-2005, Fagin was the environmental writer
Education Dartmouth College
at Newsday, where he was a principal member of two
reporting teams that were finalists for the Pulitzer Notable Pulitzer Prize for General
awards Nonfiction (2014)
Prize. Fagin is a former president of the Society of
Environmental Journalists. In 2003, his stories about Website
cancer epidemiology won the Science Journalism DanFagin.com (http://danfagin.com)
Award of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science,[7] and also won the Science-in-Society Award of the National Association of
Science Writers.[8]

Fagin is a Professor of Journalism at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University,[9]
and the director of the NYU Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program.[10] He is also the
founder and director of the NYU Science Communication Workshops.[10] His book Toms River: A Story
of Science and Salvation was published March 19, 2013. In a review, Abigail Zuger in the New York
Times called it "a new classic of science reporting."[11] He is also the co-author with Marianne Lavelle of
the book Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law and
Endangers Your Health (1997). Fagin is currently working on a book about monarch butterflies and the
future of biodiversity in the Anthropocene.

Personal life
He is married to Alison Frankel, a senior legal writer at Thomson-Reuters; they have two children and
live in Sea Cliff, NY.[6]

References
1. "The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction" (http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2014-G
eneral-Nonfiction). Pulitzer Prize. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
2. Russ Zimmer (April 14, 2014). "Author of 'Toms River' wins Pulitzer" (http://www.app.com/art
icle/20140414/NJNEWS/304140074/Author-Toms-River-wins-Pulitzer). APP. Retrieved
April 15, 2014.
3. "Winners: SEJ 13th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment: Rachel Carson
Environment Book Award (http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-13th-annual-awards-rep
orting-environment#Book)". Society of Environmental Journalists. sej.org. Retrieved
June 16, 2017.
4. "Journalist Dan Fagin Wins the 2014 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence In
Journalism For "Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation" " (http://www.nypl.org/press/p
ress-release/may-29-2014/journalist-dan-fagin-wins-2014-helen-bernstein-book-award-excel
lence) (press release). New York Public Library. May 29, 2014.
5. "Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation Wins Best Book Award From National
Academies; NPR, New York Times, and Seattle Times Also Take Top Prizes" (http://www8.n
ationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=09092014) (press release).
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. September 9, 2014.
6. Ken, Raymond (April 20, 2014). "Oklahoma City native Dan Fagin wins Pulitzer Prize for
nonfiction" (http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-native-dan-fagin-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-nonficti
on/article/4083922). The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
7. "2003 AAAS Science Journalism Awards Recipients Named" (https://web.archive.org/web/2
0031228212156/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2003/1125sja.shtml). American
Association for the Advancement of Science. 25 November 2003. Archived from the original
(http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2003/1125sja.shtml) on December 28, 2003. Retrieved
April 15, 2014.
8. Richard L Hill (2004). "NASW Awards Laud Critical, Probing Writing" (https://web.archive.or
g/web/20060923051251/http://www.nasw.org/awards/2003/awards.htm). National
Association of Science Writers. Archived from the original (http://www.nasw.org/awards/200
3/awards.htm) on September 23, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
9. "Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute: Faculty (https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/faculty/)".
New York University. journalism.nyu.edu. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
10. "The Science Communication Workshops at NYU: Our Faculty (http://journalism.nyu.edu/ab
out-us/science-communication-workshops-nyu/)". New York University. journalism.nyu.edu.
Retrieved June 16, 2017.
11. Zuger, Abigail (18 March 2013). "On the Trail of Cancer" (https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/
19/health/on-the-trail-of-cancer-a-review-of-toms-river-by-dan-fagin.html). The New York
Times.

External links
Dan Fagin (http://www.danfagin.com), official website
New York Times op-ed (https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/opinion/a-cycle-of-contaminati
on-and-cancer-that-wont-end.html) by Fagin about parallels between chemical industry
practices in Basel (starting in the 1860s), Cincinnati, Toms River and now China.
 New York Times op-ed (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/opinion/sunday/switzerlands-t
oxic-prosperity.html) by Fagin about a trip to Basel and outsourcing of toxic manufacturing
practices.
Scientific American story (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-children-of-smoke) by
Fagin about molecular epidemiology research in China.
NPR interview (http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=07-P13-00016&segme
ntID=3) with Fagin and other journalists about the state of environmental reporting.
Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program (http://journalism.nyu.edu/graduate/
courses-of-study/science-health-and-environmental-reporting) at New York University
Appearances (https://www.c-span.org/person/?75366) on C-SPAN

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