Dan Baum | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daniel Seth Baum February 18, 1956 Orange, New Jersey |
| Died | October 8, 2020 (aged 64) Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, Writer |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Spouse | Margaret L. Knox |
| Children | 1 |
Dan Baum (February 18, 1956 – October 8, 2020) was an American journalist and author who wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, Playboy, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications.[1]
Biography
Baum was born in Orange, New Jersey (or South Orange, New Jersey) to Seymour and Audrey Bernice (Goldberger) Baum.[1][2] Raised in South Orange, Baum graduated from Columbia High School in 1974.[3] He graduated from New York University in 1978.[1][2]
He married Margaret L. Knox in 1987.[1]
Career
He wrote about his firing from The New Yorker in one of the first twitter threads in the early days of Twitter.
Baum wrote four works of non-fiction including Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans (2009). Baum wrote about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 for The New Yorker.
Books
| External videos | |
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 Booknotes interview with Baum on Citizen Coors, June 11, 2000, C-SPAN |
- Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure (1996), about federal drug policy
- Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty (2000), about the brewing family
- Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans (2009)
- Gun Guys: A Road Trip (2013)
Death
Baum died from glioblastoma in Boulder, Colorado on October 8, 2020.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Seelye, Katharine Q. (October 29, 2020). "Dan Baum, Journalist, Author and Long-Form Tweeter, Dies at 64". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- 1 2 3 Schudel, Matt. "Dan Baum, journalist who wrote of the flooded lives of New Orleans, dies at 64", The Washington Post, October 13, 2020. "Daniel Seth Baum was born Feb. 18, 1956, in South Orange, N.J. His father was a businessman, his mother a social worker."
- ↑ Mann, Mary Barr. "Dan Baum, 64, Columbia High School Class of '74 and Former WSJ & New Yorker Reporter", The Village Green of Maplewood and South Orange, October 26, 2020. Accessed October 31, 2020. "Dan Baum, who grew up in South Orange and graduated from Columbia High School in 1974 before embarking on a storied career as a journalist, died earlier this month."