David Shaw (writer)

David Shaw (born January 4, 1943 in Dayton, Ohio; died August 1, 2005) was a Los Angeles Times journalist known for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1991. He did criticism of food, wine, and film, but is perhaps best known for taking a critical eye on the media itself. His Pulitzer related to his criticism of the way the media handled the McMartin preschool trial. In 2005 he died of a brain tumor.^[1]