Christopher S. Stewart
Born
Ithaca, New York
Occupation(s)Journalist, Author
EmployerThe Wall Street Journal
Awards

Christopher S. Stewart is an American author and investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal, which he joined in 2011.[1] In 2015, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative reporting with several colleagues for a series of articles exposing abuses in the Medicare system.[2]

He was formerly a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio, where, among other things, he wrote about the Unification Church's gun business,[3] Iran sanction busting, and corruption in Iraq. His story about Iraq's top cop [4] was at the center of a Congressional inquiry into fraud and waste.[5]

He was later the deputy editor at The New York Observer.

Stewart has written for various magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, GQ, New York, The Paris Review, Harper's and Wired, among others.

He is the author of Hunting the Tiger, a definitive portrait of one of the Balkans most dangerous men during the region's wars in the 1990s.[6] His second book, Jungleland, is about a lost city in Central America and an American spy who claimed that he'd found it.[7]

He lives in New York. Stewart is the co-author of the book Drone Warrior about the life of Brett Velicovich, which received CIA approval in 2016. The book has been optioned by Paramount Pictures for a biographical film to be produced by Michael Bay.[8]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Search Results | Wall Street Journal".
  2. ^ Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A. (April 20, 2015). "Wall Street Journal Wins Investigative Pulitzer - WSJ". Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from [businesshttp://upstart.bizjournals.com/careers/Features/2007/09/17/Unification-Church.html?page=all the original] on August 21, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2015.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news-markets/international-news/portfolio/2008/03/17/Iraq-Top-Fraud-Cop-Judge-Radhi.html?page=all[dead link]
  5. ^ "- Examining the Effectiveness of U.S. Efforts to Combat Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Corruption in Iraq".
  6. ^ "Books: Book Reviews, Book News, and Author Interviews : NPR". NPR.
  7. ^ "Christopher S. Stewart to Write Book About Lost City". HarperStudio. January 5, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  8. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (May 13, 2016). "Michael Bay to Develop Biopic on Drone Warfare Fighter (EXCLUSIVE)".
  9. ^ Hutchins, Sarah (April 21, 2015). "IRE members recognized in 2015 Pulitzer Prizes". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  10. ^ "The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2015 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 24, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  12. ^ "2014 IRE Award winners". Investigative Reporters and Editors. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "Winners of the 2023 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson at New York City Event" (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management. PR Newswire. September 23, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
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