David Philipps

David Nathaniel Philipps (born 1977) is an American journalist and author whose work has largely focused on the human impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a national correspondent for The New York Times and is the author of three non-fiction books. Philipps was awarded The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2014 and the George Polk Award in 2022.

Philipps in 2021

The Pulitzer recognized his three-day series "Other Than Honorable" in The Gazette of Colorado Springs on the treatment of injured American soldiers being discharged without military benefits.[1] The Polk Award recognized a series of articles from 2021 detailing hidden civilian casualties in the war against ISIS in Syria. He has also been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice.

Career

The author's most recent book, ALPHA, examines the high-profile court martial of Navy SEAL chief Edward Gallagher and the history and culture of the elite SEAL commando teams that lead to what the men who served under him testified were a number of cold-blooded murders.

Philipps won the 2009 Livingston Award[2] for his reporting on violence in infantry troops returning from Iraq. His book, Lethal Warriors[3] chronicles how the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 12th Infantry Regiment, stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, produced a high number of murders after soldiers returned from unusually violent combat tours. Philipps worked for eight years as an enterprise reporter at the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Philipps has written extensively about wild horses in the West, and gained attention in 2012 when U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar threatened to punch him while Philipps was asking about troubles in the department's wild horse program.[4] Philipps' subsequent reporting led to state and federal investigation of the wild horse program and its largest horse buyer. His latest book, Wild Horse Country, traces the culture and history that created modern wild horse management. Philipps' writing on wild horse management has faced criticism as being based on unsound science.[5]

Philipps graduated from Middlebury College in 2000 and earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002.[6]

Notable works
ALPHA was published by Crown in 2021

References
  1. "The Gazette and reporter Dave Philipps win Pulitzer Prize".
  2. http://www.lethalwarriors.net
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-07-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Colorado: Interior Secretary Apologizes to Reporter". The New York Times. 15 November 2012.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2018-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Midd Alum Wins Pulitzer for National Reporting". 15 April 2014.
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