Serge F. Kovaleski

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Serge F. Kovaleski (born April 8, 1961 , Cape Town , South Africa ) is an American investigative journalist who has been with The New York Times since 2006 . His reports helped The New York Times receive a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Eliot Spitzer Prostitution Scandal .

Life

Kovaleski grew up in Sydney , Australia before his family moved to New York in the 1970s . In 1984 he graduated with a degree in philosophy from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg , Virginia . He then studied French philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris . His travels through Europe before the fall of the Berlin Wall sparked his interest in becoming a journalist . His career began with the Miami News in the mid-1980s . He also worked in the New York Daily News , The Washington Post , and Money magazine before moving to the New York Times in 2006 ( Metro desk ). In 2014 he moved to the Culture desk , and in 2016 to the National desk .

Confrontation with Donald Trump

Kovaleski responded to an incorrect quotation by the then presidential candidate Donald Trump , whereupon the latter mimicked him in a speech and tried to make fun of him. Kovalevski has arthropryposis , which causes his right hand and arm to contract . Trump mimicked the disability and later brushed off allegations by claiming that he did not know him. Kovaleski countered that during the times he was working for the New York Daily News, he was even on a duo with Trump . The case met with great media coverage and public attention worldwide. Meryl Streep criticized Trump's behavior in her acceptance speech at the reception of the Golden Globe Award on January 8, 2017.

Awards

In 2009, his work earned him a Pulitzer Prize for "Breaking News Reporting" for the New York Times.

In 2016, along with Nicholas Kulish , Christopher Drew , Mark Mazzetti , Matthew Rosenberg , Sean D. Naylor and John Ismay, he received the George Polk Award for reporting allegations against members of the US Navy SEAL Team Six in connection with the rape of Afghan prisoners.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b c d e Serge F. Kovaleski . Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Erin Zagursky: Serge Kovaleski ('84) earns Pulitzer Prize . In: William & Mary News , College of William & Mary, May 28, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2017. 
  3. ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes: Spitzer Wrestles Over Response, Paralyzing Albany: Wife Said to Urge Fighting On . The Pulitzer Prizes. 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ Serge F. Kovaleski, Ian Urbina: The Pulitzer Prizes: The Young Woman in Question, 22 and Worried About the Rent . The New York Times (republished by The Pulitzer Prizes for 2009 award recognition). March 13, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  5. ^ A b Staff: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Serge Kovaleski '79 Asks the Tough Questions . In: Dwight School , March 18, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017. 
  6. ↑ Jim Romenesko: Serge Kovaleski is named New York Times Culture department investigative reporter . In: JimRomenesko.com , November 7, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2017. 
  7. ↑ Full Speech: Donald Trump Rally in Birmingham, AL- November 21, 2015 - Right Side Broadcasting (en-US) . In: Right Side Broadcasting , November 21, 2015. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 28, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rsbn.tv 
  8. ↑ Trump's outrageous claim that 'thousands' of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ "You've got to see this guy: 'Uhh, I don't know what I said. Uhh, I don't remember,' he's going like 'I don't remember. Maybe that's what I said.'"
  10. ^ A b Donald Trump Says His Mocking of New York Times Reporter Was Misread . Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ Donald Trump's denial challenged by reporter with disability . In: CNNMoney , November 27, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017. 
  12. ^ Another witness contradicts Donald Trump's claims about disabled reporter . In: The Washington Post , November 30, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017. 
  13. ↑ focus.de: And someone like that wants to be president .
  14. ↑ Münchner Merkur : Merkur.de , Munich. November 25, 2015.
  15. ↑ FAZ.net: "One of the most overrated actresses"
  16. ^ "One performance this year that stunned me." Patrick Healy: Donald Trump Says He's Not Surprised by Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech . In: The New York Times , January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017. 
  17. ↑ 'La La Land' Wins Seven Golden Globes; 'Moonlight' Wins Best Drama . In: The New York Times , January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017. 
  18. ↑ Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech . In: The New York Times , January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.  Streep said:

    It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good; there was nothing good about it. But it was effective and it did its job. It made its intended audience laugh, and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can't get it out of my head, because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life. And this instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody's life, because it kinda gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence. And when the powerful use of their position to bully others we all lose.
  19. ↑ Staff: The New York Times Wins Three Polk Awards . In: Press Run , The New York Times, February 16, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017. 

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SURNAME Kovaleski, Serge F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American investigative journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Cape Town , South Africa