Meg Kissinger is an American investigative journalist and a visiting professor at Columbia University.
Meg Kissinger | |
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 Kissinger at the 2023 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | Wilmette, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | DePauw University |
Biography
editShe is the author of “While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence”, published by Macmillan on Sept. 5, 2023. The book was named as one of the best memoirs of 2023 by Amazon, Audible and Goodreads and was chosen as the editors' choice by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. The Atlantic said it was one of six books that can "change the way you think about mental illness." While working at The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, she and Susanne Rust were finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for their investigation of Bisphenol A.[1] Kissinger has also written extensively about the failures of the mental health system.
She was born in Wilmette, Illinois, the fourth oldest in a family of eight children. She attended St. Francis Xavier Grade School and Regina Dominican High School.[2] She graduated from DePauw University in 1979.[3][4]
Awards
edit- 2013 George Polk Award for Medical Writing[5]
- 2012 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award [6]
- 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting finalist [7][8]
- 2008 George Polk Award[9][10]
- 2008 John B. Oakes Award for distinguished environmental reporting[11]
- Scripps Howard National Journalism award, 2009 and 2010
- 2009 Grantham award of special merit [12]
Work
edit- "Chemical Fallout", Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
References
edit- ^ "Bisphenol A Reporting Team Is Finalist for Pulitzer". September 2009.
- ^ "Speaker Series - Regina Dominican High School".
- ^ "Investigative Reporter Meg Kissinger '79 Wins George Polk Award - DePauw University". Depauw.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ "Investigative Journalist Meg Kissinger '79 Receives National Award's Honorable Mention - DePauw University". Depauw.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/chronic-crisis-a-system-that-doesnt-heal-milwaukee-county-mental-health-system-210480011.html?ipad=y#!/emergency-detentions/
- ^ Kissinger, Meg (2011-12-10). "Law creates barriers to getting care for mentally ill". JSOnline. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Investigative Reporting". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Finalist - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bisphenol A Gets Pulitzer Finalist". The Daily Green. 2009-04-20. Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ Behm, Don (2009-02-21). "Journal Sentinel reporters win Polk Award for BPA series". JSOnline. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (2009-02-17). "For Their Risk-Taking, Journalists Garner Polk Awards". The New York Times.
- ^ "Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism:Site Map". Journalism.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ [1] Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links
editA bracing new memoir: CBS Mornings
- "Logan Symposium: How the Sausage Is Made? (Journalists)"[usurped], Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- "Please Explain: BPA", WNYC, February
Nieman Storyboard: Meg Kissinger On Writing the Tough Stories