Sebastian Rotella
Sebastian Rotella | |
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 Sebastian Rotella in May 2013 | |
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Period | 1992–present |
Sebastian Rotella is an American foreign correspondent, investigative journalist, and novelist.
Sebastian Rotella, Habiba Nosheen, Ana Arana, Brian Reed, Julie Snyder and Ira Glass
Biography
[edit]Rotella was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Michigan. While at the University of Michigan, he won four Hopwood Awards from 1982 to 1984.[1] He worked for over twenty years as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times.[2][3] The Overseas Press Club awarded his investigation of the 2008 Mumbai attacks the "Best Online Investigation of an International Issue or Event 2010" award.[4] Rotella contributed as a reporter to "What Happened at Dos Erres", a documentary published as an episode of This American Life that won a Peabody Award in 2012.[5] As a ProPublica employee, he was a co-producer and the primary contributing reporter of the 2016 Frontline episode "Terror in Europe".[6]
Rotella's article "Children of the Border", published in the Los Angeles Times on April 3, 1993, served as a source for Bruce Springsteen's album The Ghost of Tom Joad.[7]
Rotella speaks Spanish, French and Italian.[8] He is the older brother of Carlo Rotella.
Bibliography
[edit]Nonfiction works
[edit]- Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the Mexican Border (1998)
- Pakistan and the Mumbai Attacks: The Untold Story, by Sebastian Rotella and Gary Dikeos (2013)
- Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory, and Justice in Guatemala, by Ana Arana, Sebastian Rotella and Kevin Stillwell (2013)
Novels
[edit]- Triple Crossing (2012)
- The Convert's Song (2014)
- Rip Crew (2018)
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Hopwood Award Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "ProPublica biography". Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "BookReporter.com biography". Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Overseas Press Club of America awards page". Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Peabody Awards award profile of This American Life: What Happened at Dos Erres". Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ Terror in Europe (Frontline episode) at IMDb
- ^ "Liner Notes, The Ghost of Tom Joad". Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Sebastian Rotella". serp.wiki. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
External links
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- Sebastian Rotella at IMDb
- ProPublica: Sebastian Rotella
- GoodReads: Sebastian Rotella
- Amazon: Sebastian Rotella
- BookReporter.com: Sebastian Rotella
- PBS: Frontline: "Terror in Europe"
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