Walt Bogdanich
Walt Bogdanich is an Investigative Reporter for The New York Times. For the last several years, he has written extensively about the outsized influence of management consultants—both in The Times and their bestselling book, “When McKinsey Comes to Town,” which he wrote with Mike Forsythe. A highly decorated writer and reporter, he has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes and four George Polk Awards for his investigative journalism. Prior to joining The Times in 2001, he produced investigative reports for 60 Minutes, ABC News, and Frontline. He has also worked at The Wall Street Journal in New York and Washington and at The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland Press. For the past 15 years, Bogdanich has taught investigative reporting at Columbia University.
Walt Bogdanich Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Special Projects Reporter and Editor
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Investigative Reporter
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Adjunct Professor of Investigative Journalism
Academic History
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M.A., Journalism
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B.A., Political Science
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Walt joined The Times in 2001 as the Investigations Editor for the Business and Finance Desk.
Later, he was named an Assistant Editor for the paper's newly expanded Investigative Desk.
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
In 1988, while a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Bogdanich won the Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting for reporting about faulty testing in American medical laboratories.
In 2005, now a reporter at The New York Times, he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of reports about corporate cover-ups of fatal accidents at railway crossings.
In 2008, Bogdanich and New York Times colleague Jake Hooker won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for reporting on toxic substances that were discovered in products imported from China.
In 1979, 1994, 2002 and 2004, Bogdanich won the George Polk Award, given for special achievement in journalism.