Tom Knudson
American journalist (born 1953)
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Thomas "Tom" Jeffrey Knudson (born 6 July 1953) is an American journalist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner in 1985 and 1992.
July 6, 1953
Tom Knudson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Thomas Jeffrey Knudson July 6, 1953 Manning, Iowa, U.S. |
| Education | Iowa State University (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable work | "The Sierra in Peril" |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize (2) |
Biography
Thomas Jeffrey Knudson was born 6 July 1953 in the city of Manning in Carroll County, Iowa.[1] He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, graduating the class of 1971.[1] In 1980, he graduated with a B.A. degree in journalism from Iowa State University (ISU).[2]
After graduation in June 1980, Knudson joined The Des Moines Register as a full-time journalist.[1] And later becoming the lead for the Iowa City news journal for The Des Moines Register.[1]
In 1985, Knudson created a series of articles published in The Des Moines Register that examined the occupational dangers of farming, including high cancer rates and machinery-related accidents.[3][4] A number of his family members were farmers in the Manning-area, and when he was a boy, his cousin had been run over by a tractor.[3] This article won him the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.[4]
Knudson's' "The Sierra in Peril," article was published in The Sacramento Bee which looked in depth at the environmental issues in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.[5] He won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for this article.[5][6]
