Dan Barry (reporter)

Dan Barry
Born	1958 (age 65–66) Queens, New York, United States
Education	St. Bonaventure University, BA New York University M.A. in journalism
Occupation	journalist, columnist, author
Notable work	"This Land" New York Times column “About New York” New York Times column Bottom of the 33rd
Spouse(s)	Mary Trinity
Children	Nora, Grace

Dan Barry is a reporter and columnist for The New York Times, where he has written the "This Land" column since January 2007. A Pulitzer Prize-winner, Barry is the author of three books, including "Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption and Baseball's Longest Game," which won the 2012 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting.

Biography

The oldest of four children, Barry was born in Queens, N.Y., and raised in Deer Park, N.Y. He graduated from St. Bonaventure University and received a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.

In 1983, Barry joined The Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, as a reporter, and moved to the Providence Journal-Bulletin in 1987. In 1992 Barry won a shared Polk Award for investigating the cause of a state banking crisis. In 1994, he was part of a Journal-Bulletin investigative team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting after exposing corruption in the Rhode Island court system.

Barry joined The New York Times in 1995. Before becoming a columnist he served as city hall bureau chief, Long Island bureau chief, police bureau chief, and general assignment reporter for the metropolitan desk. Barry wrote the "About New York" column for The Times for three years before launching the "This Land" column, which has taken him to all 50 states.

Personal life

Barry lives in Maple wood, N.J., with his wife, Mary Trinity, and two daughters Grace Barry age 12 and Nora Barry age 18 and his dog Tillie. Grace Barry does soccer and gymnastics and Nora Barry plays violin and piano.

Awards

In addition to his 1994 Pulitzer Prize, Barry has since been a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer twice: in 2006, for his coverage of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans and life in New York City, and in 2010, for his coverage of how the Great Recession changed lives and relationships in America. His other honors include the 1992 shared Polk Award; the 2003 American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for deadline reporting, for his coverage of the first anniversary of Sept. 11; the 2005 Mike Berger Award, which honors in-depth human interest reporting; and the 2010 Sigma Delta Chi award for column writing from the Society for Professional Journalists.

Bibliography

• Pull Me Up (2004) — memoir of Barry's Long Island Irish upbringing and battle with cancer
• City Lights: Stories About New York (2007) — collection of Barry’s “About New York” columns
• Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball’s Longest Game (HarperCollins, 2011; paperback March 2012) — about the longest game in professional baseball history

External links

• Barry bio on the New York Times website
• Barry's New York Times columns