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Daniel Okrent
Journalist & Former New York Times Public Editor
Daniel Okrent is a veteran journalist and editor who has worked for a
wide variety of magazines and newspapers. From October, 2003 until May,
2005, following the Jayson Blair scandal, he served as the New York
Times's first public editor. He is also credited with inventing
Rotisserie League Baseball, and is one of two people who have been
inducted into the Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame. He is the author of four
books, including the 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist "Great Fortune: The
Epic of Rockefeller Center" and "Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball
Game." His most recent book, "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of
Prohibition" was published by Scribner in May, 2010.
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5 min
The journalist and his friends founded the first fantasy baseball league—a development that nurtured the explosion of statistical analysis in sports.
4 min
“The best advice I’ve ever had as a writer was, hope that your research disproves your preconceptions. And push further so that you can get there.”
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Since he’s left the paper, Okrent continues to come across things that irritate him about coverage. But it’s no longer his job to be the paper’s cop, so he lets […]
4 min
There will always be plagiarists and reporters who didn’t make the phone call they claimed to have made. But an ombudsman can make the difference in preventing chronic lapses of […]
9 min
Readers of the “paper of record” took issue with perceived bias in everything from headlines to photo captions. But they were most concerned about the use of anonymous sources.
9 min
While Prohibition was certainly about drinking, it was also a stand-in issue in the battle among various groups over control of the country.
35 min
A conversation with the journalist and former New York Times public editor.