Dan Barry (reporter)

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Dan Barry is a reporter for The New York Times. His column, "About New York", appeared on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the NY Region section of the paper. While working for the Providence Journal-Bulletin in 1994, Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting after exposing corruption in the Rhode Island court system.

1 Background/Personal
2 Writings
3 This Land
4 Links

[edit] Background/Personal

He is a 1980 graduate of St. Bonaventure University. He was born and raised on Long Island, New York and lives in Maplewood, New Jersey with his wife, Mary Trinity, and their two daughters, Nora and Grace.

He wrote a memoir, Pull Me Up: A Memoir, about growing up in an Irish-American family, which was published in 2004. His late mother, Noreen Minogue Barry, a native of County Galway, died from cancer.

[edit] Writings

He was also a Nominated Finalist for the 2006 Journalism Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his coverage of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans and for his coverage of life in New York City.

[edit] This Land

Following his last "About New York" column on November 15 2006, Barry continued working for the Times, writing a new column, "This Land" (Sundays). This column takes readers into both obscure and well-known corners of the United States. "This Land" had its debut on January 17, 2007.