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Mitchell Zuckoff

Mitchell Zuckoff

Professor of Journalism

MA, University of Missouri
(O.O. McIntyre Fellow);
BA, University of Rhode Island;
Batten Fellow, Darden School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.

Mr. Zuckoff is a former special projects reporter at The Boston Globe who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting. He received the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Livingston Award for International Reporting, the Heywood Broun Award, and the Associated Press Managing Editors' Public Service Award, among others. He is the author of Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, a New York Times Editors’ Choice book; and Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey, which received the Christopher Award and was named a Massachusetts Honor Book; and co-author of Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award. He is at work on a biography of P.T. Barnum.