James Rosen (author)

James Martin Rosen is an American journalist and former Pentagon correspondent for McClatchy. His recent opinion columns and investigative articles have appeared in the Detroit Free Press , Newsday, Las Vegas Sun , and other news outlets. He has covered politics since the 1980s, and has received two National Press Club awards for his reporting in Washington D.C. More recently, in 2017 and 2018, he received major awards for national security projects from the Military Reporters and Editors Association. Rosen also co-authored the acclaimed international espionage novel High Hand. Nancy Barnes, senior vice president of news for NPR, called it "a master political thriller;" Joby Warrick , Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the Washington Post, praised the book as "a ripping yarn" that "grabs you by the throat on the first page and doesn't let go." Vince Houghton , historian and curator at the International Spy Museum in Washington, said it "eerily predicted Trump and Russia."

James Rosen
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California at Berkeley
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
OccupationJournalist and author
Notable work
High Hand
Awards2 National Press Club awards

Background

James Rosen is a native of the Detroit area.[1] He grew up in Oak Park, Michigan.[2] He attended the University of California at Berkeley for his undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Russian Language, and later received his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[3]

Positions

Rosen served as a Moscow correspondent for UPI, and upon his return to the U.S., he was a reporter for the New York Daily News and an assistant metro editor for the Raleigh News & Observer. Rosen's 1991 front-page New York Daily News article about Donald Trump having stopped a mugging was circulated and commented upon during Donald Trump's 2016 US Presidential campaign.[4] Rosen later became a news strategist, a congressional reporter for McClatchy Newspapers and a frequent contributor to Tribune News Service, before becoming a Pentagon correspondent for McClatchy[3] and Washington correspondent for the Miami Herald. He has also served as a political expert for C-SPAN,[5] NPR,[6] and CBS.[7]

Reporting

During his time as a UPI reporter Rosen covered the collapse of Soviet rule.[8] Later, he began to cover American politics, including the interactions and friction between Senator Jesse Helms and President Bill Clinton.[9][10] His 1994 article quoting Helms saying Clinton would need a bodyguard if he came to North Carolina prompted congressional hearings and a Secret Service investigation.[11] Rosen's 1996 article about Rep. Fred Heineman claiming he was middle class prompted ridicule in Congress with posters displayed in the House of Representatives. The comment was used in TV political ads against Heineman and were attributed to causing his re-election defeat.[12]

In 1998 Rosen received the Robin Goldstein Award for Washington Regional Reporting from the National Press Club and the National Press Foundation. The award citation described his work during the 1990s as including, “tobacco legislation and … insightful profiles, including a critical view of the plight of black family farmers in North Carolina and a heart-felt tribute column to his own father — all of which showed a keen insight into how Washington-based stories affect the readers back home.”[13]

In 2000 he received the McClatchy President's Award for his coverage of the 2000 Presidential recount in Florida.[3] He continued to write stories for McClatchy, often with a focus on a Carolinian perspective.[14] His stories have included coverage of stimulus funds,[15] Carolinian politicians like Jim DeMint,[16] and both the Obama[17] and the Trump administrations.[18] In 2012 Rosen received the National Press Club Award for Regional Reporting[19][20] in Washington D.C.[21] In 2017 Rosen received the James Crawley Award from The Military Reporters and Editors Association for his 2015–16 coverage of the common military target of both the Russian and American militaries (Syria) and the place in history of these parallel efforts.[22] In 2018 Rosen received the Joe Galloway Award from the Military Reporters and Editors Association for his investigative project on the more than decade-long efforts of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue the Saudi government for its alleged support of the hijackers and their anger over U.S. government actions to block such lawsuits

Books

In 2016 Rosen co-authored the novel High Hand[7] under a collective pseudonym “Curtis J. James,” a mash-up of his name and those of the two other authors.[3] The New York Times said the work grasped “the complex craft of espionage,” and used it to create “an enthralling work of fiction that is high-voltage from the opening scene.”[1] A second edition of the book was published in 2018.

References
  1. "Detroit Area Native Co-Authors Spy Thriller 'High Hand'". Deadline Detroit.
  2. Romenesko, Jim (September 28, 2012). "» McClatchy reporter: We need to tell readers what's really going on". JimRomenesko.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  3. "Curtis J. James – High Hand – Gables". Books and Books.
  4. "The time Donald Trump pulled over his limo to stop a baseball-bat beating". Mother Jones.
  5. "South Carolina Presidential Primaries". C-SPAN.org.
  6. "Here and Now: Discussion of Torture kepps Guantanamo Trials in Limbo". NPR.
  7. TEGNA. "New Spy Thriller". CBS.
  8. "Yeltsin spells out differences with Gorbachev". UPI.
  9. "Clinton Questions Helms' Fitness". Deseret News. 23 November 1994.
  10. http://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4012&context=nclr
  11. "Helms Takes New Swipe at Clinton, Then Calls It Mistake". The New York Times. 23 November 1994.
  12. "In Split Ticket Haven Democrats Hopes Run High". New York Times.
  13. "Award Winners" (PDF).
  14. Campbell, Christopher P.; LeDuff, Kim M.; Jenkins, Cheryl D.; Brown, Rockell A. (3 July 2013). Race and News: Critical Perspectives. Routledge. p. 152. ISBN 9781135967208.
  15. "Sanford Gives In On Stimulus, Will Seek Funds For South Carolina". Huffington Post. 3 May 2009.
  16. "Jim DeMint wants labor board's Boeing documents". The State.
  17. "James Clyburn Says Racism To Blame For Obama's Problems". Huffingon Post. 25 May 2011.
  18. "'PUMPING UP TRUMP': Putin also targeted Marco, Jeb — Nelson kicks off campaign with big Miami fundraiser — Email controversy nags Gillum — Bannon avoids fraud charges". POLITICO.
  19. "Tour of the National Press Club & Dinner with Renowned Journalist & Author". DC Cal Alumni Club.
  20. "The other James Rosen". CJR.
  21. "Bloomberg News, Arizona Republic, Associated Press, WGBH-TV among Press Club winners". National Press Club. 14 August 2014.
  22. "Stories on Veterans' Opoid Use, Russia–U.S. Ties in ISIS Fight, SEAL Team 6 win Military Reporters and Editors Awards". Military Reporters. 17 March 2017.
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