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Covers:  Investigations, environment, global health, science, history, sudan, south sudan, india, rivers, conflict, climate change, water, south asia.
Executive Editor, @thecityny * The Prince and the Poisoner//The Poisoner of Bengal * The Black Nile * Inkstained wretch * @CUNY forever

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Dan Morrison’s Biography

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Author and Journalist.
Writing, Reporting, Producing: Science, culture, and conflict in USA TODAY, NYT, NatGeo, the Guardian, BBC, ArtForum. Former cop reporter swimming in the Nile and the Ganges. Open-source investigations.

Author of nonfiction books "The Prince and the Poisoner" ("a work of historical nonfiction that reads like a thriller" - Nina Seigal) and "The Black Nile (“a masterful narrative of investigative reportage, travel writing, and contemporary history”- the Daily Beast).

Dan Morrison’s Journalist Portfolio

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Plus Plastic: Microplastic in Global Bottled Water Brands

Plus Plastic: Microplastic in Global Bottled Water Brands

Original research for Orb Media shows global bottled water brands are contaminated with microscopic plastic d…

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A Final Interview With Brahmeshwar Nath Singh

A Final Interview With Brahmeshwar Nath Singh

He seemed nice enough, for a man accused of mass murder. On Monday last week, I traveled to Ara, the seat of …

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Fighting Back a Rising Tide

Fighting Back a Rising Tide

About two years ago, while on the last portion of a journey down the Ganges River across India and Bangladesh…

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The dark side of India's 'Mr Clean'

The dark side of India's 'Mr Clean'

Despite a reputation of personal probity and an apparently bona fide zeal for governance and development, Nit…

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When India Works

When India Works

Look in any direction at any time in this riddle of a state and you can't help but find dysfunction. Yet in t…

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Meet the Bernie Madoff of Sudan

Meet the Bernie Madoff of Sudan

KHARTOUM, Sudan-The Bernard Madoff of Darfur, predictably, doesn't live there anymore. Adam Ismael, a former …

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Articles

Window Installation and Replacement Guide

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By Dan Morrison Verified
| Pro Trade Craft
Skip to main content Windows are big holes in walls that must be sealed against wind, water, and heat. This guide covers scope of work, how to install them, and why it matters. A comprehensive collection of videos, animations are articles on how and why to replace windows as well as a little info on what to buy. Size Up the Window replacement/Installation Job The general idea of installing windows is to plug the big hole that you just cut in the wall.
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Mamdani’s Municipal Grocery Faces Basket Full of Challenges

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By Dan Morrison Verified
| THE CITYREPORTER Verified
As she surveyed the packed aisles of her local supermarket on 116th Street in East Harlem, Chelssy T. cast a longing eye towards a vacant lot under the Metro-North tracks that’s the first announced site for one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-owned grocery stores. “Prices have gone up so much,” said Chelssy, 35, a lifelong Harlemite who asked to keep her last name private. “The other day I bought kimchi, a bag of onions and three plums, and that was like $30.
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Can Mamdani Tame the NYPD?

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Way back in 2025, new mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani promised voters sweeping reform at the NYPD. The long-shot state lawmaker pledged to kill a controversial gang database and terminate a SWAT-like police unit that had been criticized for over-aggressive tactics. He would get rid of NYPD teams focused on so-called “quality of life” infractions that some critics claimed target Black and Hispanic New Yorkers.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

I started as a clerk at New York Newsday.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I learned on my father's Smith-Corona.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Brenda Starr.

Awards

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Nonprofit News Awards

2021 - Finalist, Explanatory Journalism

"Covid in the Commonwealth," Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism

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New York Press Club

2020 - Winner: Newspaper Commentary

“Bloomberg’s Biggest Liability," New York Daily News

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Prix de la Photographie, Paris

2020 - Bronze: Book, Documentary

Contributed the lead essay to photographer Anja Bruehling's "Brick Workers," which depicts the lives of the seasonal migrant laborers who underpin India's construction industry and housing boom. "Brick Workers" also won bronze in the Book, People category.

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Association of British Science Writers

2018 - Finalist: Investigative Journalism

For a Page One story in The Guardian revealing microscopic plastic contamination in global tap water samples. With Christopher Tyree and Damian Carrington.

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Society of Environmental Journalists Award

2018 - Honorable Mention: Explanatory Journalism

Judges' comments: "The sheer magnitude of effort in bringing original academic research into reporting to answer an important question about plastics in our drinking water is astounding. All the multimedia elements, including the quizzes, data, video and infographics worked well." "Invisibles: The Plastic Inside Us" by Christopher Tyree and Dan Morrison for www.orbmedia.org, The Guardian, Public Radio International, the Irish Independent, Bild, Deutsche Welle, SVK (Slovakia), La Repubblica, Cadena SER radio (Spain, Panama, Colombia, Argentina), El Universal (Mexico), Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), the East African, the Indian Express, Dhaka Tribune/Bangla Tribune, and Koran Tempo (Indonesia).

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Top Environmental Stories - Deutsche Welle

2017 - Readers' Choice

Plastic fibers pervasive in tap water worldwide, new study shows Orb Media/Deutsche Welle 7 September 2017

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SAJA Journalism Awards

2014 - Finalist: Commentary

"When India Works," The New York Times

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SAJA Journalism Awards

2013 - Finalist: Commentary

"The Dark Side of India's Mr. Clean," Al Jazeera

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United Nations 2013 Global Health Fellow

2013 - Public Health Journalism

Village Voice Ten Best Books of 2010

2010

My first book, "The Black Nile," joined work by Milan Kundera, Patti Smith, and Jennifer Egan on the Village Voice's annual best-of list.

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