Dan Rattiner
| Dan Rattiner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Journalist, Cartoonist |
| Notable credit(s) | Dan's Papers |
| Spouse(s) | Chris Wasserstein |
Dan Rattiner (born 1939) is an American journalist and newspaper publisher.
Rattiner was born in New York City and raised in Millburn, New Jersey, where he attended Millburn High School. He graduated from the University of Rochester with a B. A. English (1961) and attended Harvard University's Graduate School of Design between 1961 and 1964. While at Harvard, he was a contributor of the Gargoyle Humor Magazine. He also taught Creative Journalistic writing at the Long Island University Southampton campus from 1978 to 1979. -->
On summer vacation from college, he published the first issue of the Montauk Pioneer on July 1, 1960, in the fishing resort town of Montauk, New York.In 1964, Dan worked in the City Room of the New York Tines. In 1965, Rattiner co-founded the Manhattan-based underground newspaper The East Village Other with Walter Bowart, Allan Katzman, and John Wilcock. He also founded The Block Island Times in 1970. Rattiner hosted a weekly radio show, The Hamptons Report, on WQXR for six years during the 1990s.
Rattiner writes more than 300 articles a year on topics including science, humor, sports, world affairs, architecture, history, and scandal. In 1975, Time published a feature story about him entitled "Hoaxer of the Hamptons," in which it covered his penchant for creating East End myths and legends. In 1969 he wrote an article which resulted in demonstrations that saved the Montauk Lighthouse from being torn down by the United States Coast Guard as part of its belt-tightening program, a story that is featured at montauklighthouse.com.Beginning in 1980, Dan expanded the business, licensing editions of Dan's Papers out to resort editors around the country. By 1986 there were dan's Papers Daytona Beach, Maui, Marco's Island (Fl), Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and Fire Island in addition to the ones on Block Island and Eastern Long Island. Stories were sent from one Editor to another by MCI mail a precursor to the internet. The Venture did not prosper, however, except for the ones on Long Island and Block Island, all the others had to be abandoned after several years. In 2011, Rattiner was sued for libel and defamation in United States district court for publishing an article in Dan's Papers in 2010 which stated a forensic art expert and his family did jail time and were forgers. The plaintiff sought $2 Million in damages from Rattiner,
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