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John McQuaid

Title: Journalist and Author

Institution: University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Discipline: Literature & Writing

Appearances: 1

Notable: Three Pulitzer Prizes at the New Orleans Times-Picayune; awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute for Biological Sciences, and International Association of Culinary Professionals; author of 'Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat' (Simon & Schuster) and co-author of 'Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms'; Wilson Center Fellow

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Biography

John McQuaid is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist specializing in science, environment, and government dysfunction. His reporting at the New Orleans Times-Picayune won shares in three Pulitzer Prizes, including for a series about global fisheries collapses and a prescient series anticipating Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans.

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