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Tim O'Brien’s Journalist Portfolio

The Lincoln Conspiracy: A Novel

The Lincoln Conspiracy: A Novel

"...a historical puzzle as labyrinthine and grandiose as Scheherazade's tales...As clever as Sherlock Holmes,…

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Articles

Is Abdul El-Sayed Running for Senate or Trying Out for The Village People?

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Let’s assume Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, who’s married to Sarah Jukaku and father to their two daughters, is a happily married straight man, okay? Let’s get that out of the way right up front. If you don't believe me, just look at the photo above. Clearly, he's in love with his wife. I think that's his wife. Is that his wife?
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See the Police Through the Eyes of Their Kids

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I’ve been thinking about this recently after reading this piece from my colleague Athena Horne: The Super-Simple Solution to Masked ICE Agents — and Why It Will Never Satisfy the Left. She being the wife of a cop, and me being the son of a cop, we shared a couple of bits of our experiences in the comments section to her article. My father and two of his brothers were City of Pittsburgh police officers. Another brother worked in security for the federal government.
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So, What's Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s Favorite Kind of Abortion? Dismemberment?

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If you’ve ever held a newborn baby, you know the feeling. You’re reminded of what a miracle life is. The last thing you could ever imagine is someone so much as doing something that might make the baby cry, let alone someone who would actively try to harm the child, or even kill it. Sadly, whether you can imagine it or not, it’s real. Thanks to Massachusetts Gov.
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Pulitzer Prize

2012 - National Reporting

Edited a ten-part series on wounded war veterans for which David Wood won a Pulitzer

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Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Journalism

2009

For editing coverage of the 2008 financial crisis.

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Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Journalism

1999

Coverage of the meltdown of LTCM

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