Donald L. Barlett
| Donald L. Barlett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 17, 1936 Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist, non-fiction writer |
| Notable credit(s) | The Philadelphia Inquirer, Time (magazine), Vanity Fair (magazine), books:Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes (with James B. Steele), Forevermore: Nuclear Waste in America (with James B. Steele), America: What Went Wrong?(with James B. Steele), America: Who Really Pays the Taxes? (with James B. Steele), America: Who Stole the Dream (with James B. Steele), The Great American Tax Dodge (with James B. Steele), Critical Condition (with James B. Steele). |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Barlett |
| Website | http://barlettandsteele.com/index.php |
Donald L. Barlett (born July 17, 1936) is an American investigative journalist and author who often collaborates with James B. Steele. According to The Washington Journalism Review (Magazine) they were a better investigative reporting team than even Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Together they have won two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Magazine Awards and six George Polk Awards. In addition, they have been recognized by their peers with awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors on five separate occasions. They are known for their reporting technique of delving deep into documents and then, after what could be a long investigative period, interviewing the necessary sources. The duo has been working together for over 40 years and is frequently referred to as Barlett and Steele.
Barlett was raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. After attending Pennsylvania State University, he served three years as a special agent with the US Army Counter Intelligence Corps until 1956, when he began his journalistic career as a reporter for the Reading (Pennsylvania) Times. Nine years later he became an investigative journalist for The Plain Dealer, and later took similar jobs with The Chicago Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he was to join his collaborator James B. Steele. In 1997, Barlett and Steele became an editors-at-large for Time. In 2006, they moved to Vanity Fair as contributing editors. Over the years, Barlett and Steele wrote on such diverse topics as crime, housing, nuclear waste, tax loopholes, the decline of the middle class's standard of living, Howard Hughes, the role of big money in politics, oil prices, immigration and health care.
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