| William J. Broad | |
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| Education | University of Wisconsin |
| Occupation | Author, Science Journalist |
| Known for | The Oracle Germs The Universe Below Teller's War Star Warriors Betrayers of the Truth |
| Awards | Pulitzer (twice) Distinguished Service to Journalism (University of Wisconsin) Science-in-Society (National Association of Science Writers) |
William J. Broad is an author and a Senior Writer at The New York Times.
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Broad has won two Pulitzer Prizes with Times colleagues, as well as an Emmy and a DuPont. He won the Pulitzers for coverage of the space shuttle Challenger disaster and the feasibility of antimissile arms. In 2002, he won the Emmy for a PBS Nova documentary that detailed the threat of germ terrorism, based on his best-selling book Germs. He was a Pulitzer finalist in 2005 for articles written with Times colleague David E. Sanger on nuclear proliferation. In 2007, he shared a DuPont Award (The Discovery Channel) from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the documentary, "Nuclear Jihad: Can Terrorists Get the Bomb?"
Broad is the author or co-author of seven books, most recently The Oracle: The Lost Secrets and Hidden Message of Ancient Delphi (The Penguin Press, 2006). Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War (Simon & Schuster, 2001) was a number-one New York Times bestseller. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His other titles include The Universe Below: Discovering the Secrets of the Deep Sea (Simon & Schuster, 1997); Teller's War: The Top-Secret Story Behind the Star Wars Deception (Simon & Schuster, 1992); and (with Nicholas Wade) Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science (Simon & Schuster, 1982).
In 2009, he received criticism for an article on the sustainability of the blue grenadier fish from representatives of the New Zealand fishing industry.[1]
The following is a list of reviews. It does not purport to be exhaustive or even comprehensive, with reviews selected solely as may be found in a brief search, as an aid reader.