Patrick Range McDonald

Patrick Range McDonald is an American journalist and author.[1] He has won, among other honors, the Los Angeles Press Club's "Journalist of the Year" award[2] and the "Public Service" award from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.[3] McDonald was a runner-up for the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.[4] He worked as a staff writer for LA Weekly for six years (2007– 2013), where he was an investigative journalist. McDonald co-wrote former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan's memoir, The Mayor: How I Turned Around Los Angeles after Riots, an Earthquake, and the OJ Simpson Murder Trial. The book was a New York Times and Los Angeles Times best-seller.[5][6]

McDonald in New Orleans in 2014

McDonald also completed a three-year book project about Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world's largest HIV/AIDS medical-care provider that operates in more than 40 countries and serves more than 1,000,000 patients. The book is titled: Righteous Rebels: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World.[7] In a review, The Lancet, the global health journal, noted: "McDonald has managed a deft balancing act with this book: on one hand providing a fascinating inside view of a billion-dollar non-profit organisation, while on the other hand providing a history of both the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the AIDS crisis, full of human interest and compelling portraits of the major players in the organisation."[8]

McDonald was later the historical consultant for Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years,[9] a documentary narrated by actress Meryl Streep. He is currently the advocacy journalist for Housing Is A Human Right, a housing justice organization based in Los Angeles, where he won the "Best Activism Journalism" award from the Los Angeles Press Club.[10]

He also pursues projects in TV, film, and books. McDonald is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy and holds a B.A. in History from Fordham University and an M.A. in Journalism from New York University. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, and lives in West Hollywood, California.

References
  1. "Patrick Range McDonald". Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. Simone Wilson (June 27, 2011). "Patrick Range McDonald Named Best Print Journalist of The Year By L.A. Press Club; LA Weekly Takes Home 6 More Awards". LA Weekly. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  3. "AltWeekly Awards". Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  4. "2011 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism". July 27, 2011.
  5. "New York Times Best Sellers". The New York Times. October 19, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  6. "Bestsellers". latimes.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  7. McDonald, Patrick Range (2016). Righteous Rebels: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World. Prospect Park Books, LLC. ISBN 9781938849930.
  8. ""Anyone Can Absolutely Change the World"" (PDF). The Lancet. June 2017.
  9. ""World Premiere of 'Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years' in Los Angeles"". October 22, 2017.
  10. "Fordham Graduate Earns Journalism Award for Covering LA's Housing Crisis". Fordham Magazine. September 23, 2020.
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