David Maraniss
Washington, D.C.
Associate editor
Education: University of Wisconsin, honorary doctor of letters
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Maraniss has been part of The Washington Post family since 1977. During his career he has served as Maryland reporter, Maryland editor, deputy Metro editor, Metro editor, project editor, congressional reporter and presidential campaign biographer. He has won nearly every major prize in journalism and nonfiction writing and is the author of 12 books, including "First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton" and "Barack Obama: The Story." He is a fellow in the Society of American Historians and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt Un