Patrick Tyler

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Patrick Tyler
Born November 6, 1951
St. Louis, Missouri
Alma mater University of South Carolina
Occupation Journalist
Employers New York Times 1990-Present
Washington Post 1979-1990

Patrick E. Tyler is the chief correspondent for the New York Times.[1] He is the author of two books, including A Great Wall -- Six Presidents and China, which received the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2000.[2]

[edit] Biography

Tyler studied journalism at the University of South Carolina, graduating in 1974. He worked in various newsrooms until 1979, when he was hired by the Washington Post. While at the Post he wrote a story critical of then Mobil president William Tavoulareas. The story alleged that Tavoulareas had been guilty of nepotism[3] in installing his son as chairman. Mobil sued the Washington Post and secured a landmark 2 million dollar verdict. The verdict was later overturned by a panel of judges that included then Appellate Court judges Antonin Scalia and Kenneth Starr.[4] Tyler later praised the Post, commenting "I had thought my career was over, and so their determination to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary was one of the most singular acts of editorial courage...that I had ever witnessed.”[5] In 1986, he published his first book, Running Critical, an expose of General Dynamics and the building of the USS Philadelphia.[6][7]

Tyler continued to write for the Post until 1990, when he left to join the New York Times. While at the Times he wrote his second book, A Great Wall -- Six Presidents and China. He has served in various posts including Moscow and Cairo. He was promoted to chief correspondent in 2002.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b CORRESPONDENT BIOGRAPHY. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/readersopinions/patrick-tyler-bio.html Readers' Opinions Accessed on April 25, 2008
  2. ^ List of Gebler Prize Winners. http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/gelber/Winners.shtml Accessed on April 25, 2008
  3. ^ Triple Reverse. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963852,00.html Time Magazine (Mar. 23, 1987) Accessed on April 24, 2008
  4. ^ Graves, Florence George. "Starr Struck", American Journalism Review, April 1998. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. 
  5. ^ Sherman, Scott. "Donald Graham's Washington Post", Columbia Journalism Review, 2002. Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 
  6. ^ Tyler, Patrick (1986). Running Critical. New York: Harper and Row. ISBN 978-0-06-091441-7. 
  7. ^ Review of Books Military Affairs. 51, (2) (April, 1987), pp. 102-103