Will Englund
William A. Englund (born March 30, 1953[1]) is an American journalist and author. He has spent over four decades in the news business, most of those with The Baltimore Sun. He is currently with The Washington Post.[2]
William A. Englund
March 30, 1953
A.B., Harvard College, M.S., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Energy reporter for Business
Kathy Lally
1998 Pulitzer Prize
He completed three tours as a foreign correspondent to Russia, in Moscow. In 1993, he was summoned by a Russian investigator for questioning; he was denied access to his attorney and an interpreter during the inquiry. The incident was the first time an American reporter had been summoned in seven years. He is currently with The Washington Post.[3][4][5]
In 2017, Englunds' book, "March 1917: On the Brink of War and Revolution" was published by W. W. Northern & Company.[6]
Englund is a native of Pleasantville, New York. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in English and a M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[2][7]
Awards[edit]
Englund was the recipient of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, with Gary Cohn, for "Shipbreakers" a series of stories on the shipbreaking industry and the health and safety hazards that salvage workers faced due to lack of training.[22] The series of reports by Englund, (with Gary Cohen and Perry Thorsvik) also received The Whitman Bassow Award, 1997, from the Overseas Press Club, and the George Polk Award for Environmental Reporting in the same year.[23][24]