Michael Isikoff
Michael Isikoff (born 1952) is an investigative journalist for the United States-based magazine Newsweek. Born in Syosset, New York. He joined the magazine as an investigative correspondent in June, 1994, and has written extensively on the US government’s War on Terrorism, the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, campaign finance and congressional ethics abuses, presidential politics and other national issues.
Isikoff had been prepared to break the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but several hours before going to print, the article was killed by top Newsweek executives. As a result, the story broke first on Matt Drudge's Drudge Report the following morning. His book on the subject, Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story, was named Best Non-Fiction Book of 1999 by the Book of the Month Club. In January 2007, Isikoff married DC political gossip coulmnist Mary Ann Akers, currently a columnist at WashingtonPost.com.
Career
Isikoff received his A.B. from Washington University in 1974, and
obtained a masters in journalism from Northwestern
University in 1976. He graduated from Syosset High School on
His online column with fellow journalist Mark Hosenball, “Terror Watch,” won the 2005 award from the Society of Professional Journalists for best investigative reporting online. Isikoff was a part of the Newsweek team that won the Overseas Press Club’s most prestigious award, the 2001 Ed Cunningham Memorial Award for best magazine reporting from abroad for Newsweek’s coverage of the war on terror.
In the May 9, 2005 issue of Newsweek, Isikoff wrote an article that stated that interrogators at Guantanamo Bay "in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Qur'an down a toilet." Detainees had earlier made similar complaints but this was the first time a government source had appeared to confirm the story. The article caused widespread rioting and massive anti-American protests throughout some parts of the Islamic world (causing at least 17 deaths in Afghanistan). The magazine later retracted the story after enormous pressure, noting that their sole anonymous source could not remember important details.
Since May, 2005, he's been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.
An Interview with Newsweek Journalist Michael Isikoff on Hubris
On Brookline Access Television with host and executive producer Daniel Berman will be talking with Michael Isikoff about his new published book Hubris (word history). The interview will begin taping this November on Daniel's TV program A Time to Review. Isikoff's featured interview will be discussing about what is happening with the White House, the CIA, and the intelligence community. In the future, with Isikoff will be inviting Co-Author David Corn to continue further discussion on this New York Times Bestselling book. Hubris is a look into what is happening with our government and the war in Iraq.
The New York Timeswebsite
Bestselling Novels in the United States 2000 through 2005.
Project Klebnikov
Isikoff is a member of Project Klebnikov, which was founded by investigative journalist Richard Behar to probe the July 2004 death of Paul Klebnikov, editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine.
See also
External links
- MSNBC/Newsweek - Meet Newsweek - Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent
- The Crown Publishing Group - Michael Isikoff profile
- MSNBC/Newsweek - National News - Column: Terror Watch
- The Press and the Death of Vincent Foster (link dead - maybe available at Internet Archive)
- Michael Isikoff at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Isikoff at the Notable Names Database
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