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Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book publishing as an editor at Knopf and Viking, and was editor-in-chief of general books at Harcourt Brace. He was also a featured commentator on Ken Burns’s PBS series, Baseball, and is author of four books, one of which, Great Fortune, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in history. Okrent was also a fellow at the Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where he remains an Associate. He lives in Manhattan and on Cape Cod with his wife, poet Rebecca Okrent. They have two children.

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?Jewish Jocks??plenty of Jews, not enough jocks (What would Howard Cosell say?)
JTA, March 4, 2013
...Nordau). Worst of all is the decision to include the first public editor of The New York Times, Daniel Okrent, for creating Rotisserie baseball. What we have now is a book that purports to celebrate Jewish jockdom but somehow confuses poring over stats...
Jews Are Funnier Than Mormons
The Media Briefing, March 4, 2013
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NYT public editor: It’s hard to tell who our writers voted for
Town Hall, January 25, 2013
...accused the Times of letting its “coverage” of certain issues turn into out-and-out cheerleading for left-wing causes. Remember Daniel Okrent’s shocking column in 2004 admitting that the sky is blue? But for those who also believe the news pages...
36 Hours in Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 5, 2013
...aux almond or savory spinach, mushroom and ricotta. 10:30 a.m.6. 18TH AMENDMENT BLUES Curated by Daniel Okrent, author of a best-selling book on the Prohibition era and a former public editor for , the "American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of...
Best books of 2012
CBS News, December 12, 2012
...Simon - Napoleon's Pyramids, by William Dietrich - Moonlight Mile, by Dennis Lehane - Last Call, by Daniel Okrent - The Gendarme, by Mark Mustian - Someday Rich, by Timothy Noonan and Matt Smith - Hit and Run, by Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters -...
Pot backers hope for end to 'prohibition'
St. Marys Evening Leader, December 2, 2012
...week," Peck said. "We know enough about alcohol now; it's not medicinal." As Prohibition expert Daniel Okrent wrote in 2010, "... all too often, 'medicinal' has been a cynical euphemism for 'available.' " John Kane, a U.S. district judge in Colorado,...
Is US ready to end pot prohibition?
Keene Sentinel, December 2, 2012
...licensed to practice medicine” — much to the delight of the nation’s Jay Gatsbys. As Prohibition expert Daniel Okrent wrote in 2010, “... all too often, ’medicinal’ has been a cynical euphemism for ’available.’ ” John Kane, a U.S....
“Intoxicating Liquors”: How the Volstead Act led to Prohibition corruption
Reuters via Yahoo!, January 16, 2013
...American Spirits” exhibition on Prohibition, which is now at the National Constitution Center. The exhibit is curated by Daniel Okrent, former public editor of The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize finalist and the best-selling author of . About American...
“Intoxicating Liquors”: How the Volstead Act led to Prohibition corruption
Yahoo!, January 16, 2013
...American Spirits” exhibition on Prohibition, which is now at the National Constitution Center. The exhibit is curated by Daniel Okrent, former public editor of Admission to American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition is $17.50 for adults, $16...
Tauck takes guests out to the ballgame
Travel Press, January 10, 2013
...a cocktail reception. Also included in the event’s activities are special lectures by baseball experts, including author Daniel Okrent, who was featured prominently in both of the Burns baseball films and baseball historian Tom Heitz. Attendees will...
Tauck & Ken Burns Announce Exclusive 4-day Baseball Event in Cooperstown, NY
Luxury Travel Magazines, January 10, 2013
...a cocktail reception. Also included in the event’s activities are special lectures by baseball experts, including author Daniel Okrent, who was featured prominently in both of the Ken Burns baseball films (and who invented Rotisserie League or...
Tauck, Ken Burns Partner on Baseball Event in Cooperstown
Travel Pulse, January 10, 2013
...to meet Burns. The package will include lectures by baseball experts, including baseball historian Tom Heitz and author Daniel Okrent, the inventor of Rotisserie League or “fantasy baseball,” who was featured prominently in both of Burns’...
36 Hours in Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 5, 2013
...aux almond or savory spinach, mushroom and ricotta. 10:30 a.m.6. 18TH AMENDMENT BLUES Curated by Daniel Okrent, author of a best-selling book on the Prohibition era and a former public editor for , the "American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of...
Hoping to rise from 'prohibition'
CNN, January 2, 2013
...week," Peck said. "We know enough about alcohol now; it's not medicinal." As Prohibition expert Daniel Okrent wrote in 2010, "... all too often, " John Kane, a U.S. district judge in Colorado, explained that while there was a medical exception to...