Michael Capuzzo on journalism, fake news, and conspiracy theories

Published: April 11, 2022, 8:36 a.m.

b"Micheal Capuzzo is a journalist and author.\\nBecause his legacy is so profound, I\\u2019m going to simply quote his website.\\n\\nMichael Capuzzo is one of the country\\u2019s most honored writers. A native of Boston, his six books include\\xa0two critically acclaimed\\xa0New York Times\\xa0nonfiction\\xa0bestsellers,\\xa0Close to Shore\\xa0and\\xa0The Murder Room.\\xa0\\xa0His books and articles have been nominated\\xa0six times for the Pulitzer Prize, twice for the National Book Award, and for\\xa0the Edgar Award from the Mystery\\xa0Writers of America.\\xa0Among more than 100 journalism\\xa0awards, Mike is a winner of\\xa0the National Headliner Award and was a finalist for the Livingston Award and for the Gold\\xa0Dagger Award for best nonfiction\\xa0book of the year from the British Crime Writer's Association in London. His books are international bestsellers and\\xa0his stories have been widely\\xa0anthologized.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\u200b\\nMike was a newspaper reporter for\\xa0The Philadelphia Inquirer\\xa0and\\xa0The Miami Herald,\\xa0\\xa0covering everything from hurricanes to the trials of the last Unconquered Seminole\\xa0Medicine Man in the Everglades,\\xa0has written for\\xa0The Wall Street Journal\\xa0and\\xa0The Washington Post, and was an award-winning United Feature Syndicate humor columnist for\\xa0Newsday\\xa0and forty other newspapers. His magazine stories have appeared in\\xa0Smithsonian,\\xa0Esquire,\\xa0Life,\\xa0Sports Illustrated, and\\xa0Reader's Digest.\\xa0He\\xa0helped produce a special episode of ABC's\\xa020/20\\xa0about his book\\xa0The Murder Room\\xa0that helped solve the cold murder of a 15-year-old girl, and his books have been widely optioned by leading Hollywood studios.\\n\\nChatting with Mike was an absolute pleasure and very uplifting.\\nPlease support my work."