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| ''' Douglas Frantz''' is an American ] |
''' Douglas Frantz''' is an ] ]-winning former ] and author, currently serving as the ]'s ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/213904.htm|title=Frantz, Douglas|work=U.S. Department of State}}</ref> | ||
| ==Career== | |||
| He was forced to resign as '']'' Managing Editor due to his ].<ref name="Roderick" /><ref name="latimes"></ref><ref name="jewishworldwatch"></ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Frantz graduated from ] in 1971. He was an investigative reporter for ''The Los Angeles Times'', the ''Chicago Tribune'', and the ''New York Times''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/f/douglas_frantz/index.html |title=Douglas Frantz| work=The New York Times | first1=Douglas | last1=Frantz | first2=Catherine | last2=Collins}}</ref> | ||
| Frantz served as the Istanbul bureau chief for the ''New York Times'', managing editor of ''The Los Angeles Times'', from 2005 to 2007 and served as the Istambul Bureau chief for the New York Times. He was chief investigator for the ].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/08/nation/na-frantz8 | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Douglas Frantz, former Times managing editor, to be chief investigator for Senate panel | date=January 8, 2009}}</ref> He is also the former Managing Director of ''Kroll’s Business Intelligence'' Washington office.<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Life== | |||
| He graduated from ] in 1971. | |||
| ⚫ | He was an investigative reporter for ''The Los Angeles Times'', the ''Chicago Tribune'', and the ''New York Times''.<ref>{{cite news| |
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| He was the Istanbul bureau chief for the ''New York Times''. He was the managing editor of ''The Los Angeles Times'', from 2005 to 2007. He developed close links to the Turkish government when serving as the Istambul Bureau chief for the New York Times. | |||
| He was chief investigator for the ].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/08/nation/na-frantz8 | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Douglas Frantz, former Times managing editor, to be chief investigator for Senate panel | date=January 8, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ===Armenian Genocide denial=== | |||
| {{see also|Armenian Genocide denial}} | |||
| As the '']'' Managing Editor, Frantz blocked a story on the ] in April 2007 written by Mark Arax, allegedly citing the fact Arax was of Armenian descent and therefore had a biased opinion on the subject.<ref name="jewishworldwatch" /> Arax, who has published similar articles before,<ref name="Roderick"></ref> has lodged a discrimination complaint and threatened a federal lawsuit. Frantz, who did not cite any specific factual errors in the article, was accused of having a bias obtained while being stationed in Istanbul, Turkey.<ref name="jewishworldwatch" /> ], an Armenian community leader, accused Frantz of having expressed support for ] and has stated he personally believed that Armenians rebelled against the Ottoman Empire, an claim commonly used to justify the killings.<ref name="Roderick"/> Arax demanded a public apology from Frantz, which he declined to comment on.<ref name="jewishworldwatch" /> Frantz resigned from the paper not long afterward on July 6th, possibly due to the mounting requests for his dismissal. He returned to Istanbul after leaving.<ref></ref><ref name="latimes" /> | |||
| ===US Government=== | |||
| He is the current ]. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
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| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
| *1993; 1998 ] finalist<ref>http://www.pulitzer.org/faceted_search/results/frantz</ref> | *1993; 1998 ] finalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/faceted_search/results/frantz|title=The Pulitzer Prizes - Search: frantz|work=pulitzer.org}}</ref> | ||
| *1993 ] | *1993 ] | ||
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| *http://www.npr.org/books/authors/137924273/douglas-frantz | *http://www.npr.org/books/authors/137924273/douglas-frantz | ||
| *http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=26343 | *http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=26343 | ||
| *, ''Fish Bowl LA'', Tina Dupuy, February 3, 2009 | |||
| *http://twelvebooks.com/authors/frantz-collins.asp | |||
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Douglas Frantz is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning former investigative journalist and author, currently serving as the State Department's Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.
Career
Frantz graduated from DePauw University in 1971. He was an investigative reporter for The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Times.
Frantz served as the Istanbul bureau chief for the New York Times, managing editor of The Los Angeles Times, from 2005 to 2007 and served as the Istambul Bureau chief for the New York Times. He was chief investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is also the former Managing Director of Kroll’s Business Intelligence Washington office.
Awards
- 1993; 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting finalist
- 1993 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
Works
- Celebration, U.S.A.: living in Disney's brave new town. Macmillan. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8050-5561-0.
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{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - The Nuclear Jihadist. Grand Central Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-0-446-50560-4.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - Fallout: The True Story of the CIA's Secret War on Nuclear Trafficking. Simon and Schuster. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4391-8306-9.
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References
- "Frantz, Douglas". U.S. Department of State.
- Frantz, Douglas; Collins, Catherine. "Douglas Frantz". The New York Times.
- "Douglas Frantz, former Times managing editor, to be chief investigator for Senate panel". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 2009.
- Pulitzer Prize Winner Douglas Frantz Joins Risk Consulting Firm Kroll
- "The Pulitzer Prizes - Search: frantz". pulitzer.org.
External links
- http://www.npr.org/books/authors/137924273/douglas-frantz
- http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=26343