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David Barstow

Berkeley
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Covers:  national news, crime and courts, middle eastern issues, investigative reporting, international affairs, national security, white collar crime, corporate malfeasance
Head of the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

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David Barstow’s Biography

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Senior writer at The New York Times. Member of the paper's investigative unit since 2002. Native of Concord, Massachusetts. Graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Proud alum of the Tampa Bay Times, the Rochester Times-Union and the Green Bay Press Gazette. Winner of three Pulitzer Prizes.

David Barstow’s Journalist Portfolio

At Wal-Mart in Mexico, a Bribe Inquiry Silenced

At Wal-Mart in Mexico, a Bribe Inquiry Silenced

MEXICO CITY - In September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive…

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How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Get Its Way in Mexico

How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Get Its Way in Mexico

SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACÁN, Mexico - Wal-Mart longed to build in Elda Pineda's alfalfa field. It was an ideal locat…

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One Man's Military-Industrial-Media Complex

One Man's Military-Industrial-Media Complex

In the spring of 2007 a tiny military contractor with a slender track record went shopping for a precious Bel…

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Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand

Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand

In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave of criticism over Guantánamo Bay. The …

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At a Texas Foundry, An Indifference to Life

At a Texas Foundry, An Indifference to Life

It is said that only the desperate seek work at Tyler Pipe, a sprawling, rusting pipe foundry out on Route 69…

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Faith and HIV - Awareness, Advocacy and Action

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By David Barstow
| aidsunited.org
I was speaking with Jesse Milan, AIDS United’s president and CEO, recently about the role of faith communities in addressing the HIV epidemic. He stressed the importance of awareness, both awareness about the state of the epidemic and even awareness about the basic facts about HIV prevention and treatment. There is a widespread sense of complacency about HIV.
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SHOOTINGS IN ATLANTA: THE VICTIMS; Drawn to Their Deaths By Lives in Day Trading

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By David Barstow
| The New York Times Verified
SHOOTINGS IN ATLANTA: THE VICTIMS See the article in its original context from July 31, 1999, Section A, Page 8Buy Reprints TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. There were 22 of them, 22 people with disparate lives and interests, lives filled with children and lovers, with keeping store and fly-fishing, with building that dream house and chasing the American dream.
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Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News (Published 2005)

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By David Barstow, Robin Stein Verified
| The New York Times Verified
By David Barstow and Robin Stein March 13, 2005 It is the kind of TV news coverage every president covets. "Thank you, Bush. Thank you, U.S.A.," a jubilant Iraqi-American told a camera crew in Kansas City for a segment about reaction to the fall of Baghdad.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I wish it wasn't so, but yes. I actually took typing in high school. I hated typing class more than any other class I ever took.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Is there any choice other than Cary Grant as Walter Burns?

What does it mean to be a journalist?

I get paid to question authority. How cool is that?