Craig Wolff

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Craig Wolff is a journalist and author and a former sports, feature, and news writer for The New York Times. He was a journalism professor at New York University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is currently an editor at The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.

While reporting for The New York Times, Wolff was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He also covered the story of Tawana Brawley, which he and four of his colleagues turned into Outrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax in 1990.

In 2003, he co-wrote My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou with Kadiatou Diallo, the mother of police brutality victim Amadou Diallo. It won a 2004 Christopher Award for "work that raises the human spirit."

Books

Tennis Superstars: The Men
Outrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley Hoax
My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou

External links

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Name	Wolff, Craig
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Short description	American journalist
Date of birth	July 5,1966
Place of birth	Bayside, NY
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