Louise bardach biography

Bardach, Ann Louise

PERSONAL:

Education:New York University School of the Arts, Hunter College, M.A.

ADDRESSES:

Agent—Tina Bennett, Janklow & Nesbit Associates, 445 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Journalist. Contributing editor of Vanity Fair.University of California, Santa Barbara, visiting professor of global journalism, 2000-07.

AWARDS, HONORS:

PEN USA Award for Journalism, 1995, for "Mexico's Poet Rebel," Vanity Fair, July, 1994; City and Regional Magazine Gold Award for profile, 2001, for "The Last Tycoon," Los Angeles Magazine, April, 2000; Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana was named one of the ten best books of 2002 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review; City and Regional Magazine Silver Award for Reporting, 2001, for "Taming the Hydra-Headed Carnivorous Tabloid Beast," Los Angeles Magazine, September, 2004.

WRITINGS:

(With Joyce Milton) Vicki: Careless People in the Reagan Administration, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1986.

(Editor and author of preface) Cuba: A Traveler

The Indelible Legacy of Prize-Winning Journalist Ann Louise Bardach

To say that 2020 has been a challenging year is the understatement of the century. We’re approaching a full year of being held hostage by a global pandemic that’s brought face-to-face social interaction to a near standstill. And with sheltering in place comes more reliance on gathering information and news from the internet, where the lines between legitimate, professional journalism and “fake” news have become dangerously blurred.

Because of the barrage of content we’re forced to confront on a daily basis, our understanding of what news is, and how it’s actually gathered, has virtually been lost in this age when anybody can post anything and call it “news.”

This is why old-school journalism, and stand-out practitioners of the craft like Ann Bardach, matter more than ever.

Fortunately, for those of us holed up here in Santa Barbara, as well as for scholars, historians, political scientists, and students of journalism the world over, and thanks to the incredible team at USCB’s Library Department of Special Re

Ann Louise Bardach

Ann Louise Bardach's Key Accomplishments Include . . .

Author, Cuba Confidential, named one of ten best nonfiction books of 2002 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review and finalist for the NY Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism; Political columnist for Newsweek (international edition); Contributing editor, Vanity Fair; Freelance journalist published in top news outlets including the New York Times, New Yorker, New Republic, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post; Television appearances include “60 Minutes,” “Today Show,” and “Charlie Rose”; Winner of the prestigious PEN West Award for Journalism in 1995; 1998 commencement speaker for the University of California at Santa Barbara

More About Ann Louise Bardach . . . Ann Louise Bardach, critically-acclaimed author and award-winning reporter, is a rising media star. In addition to her expertise on Cuba--her beat for the last ten years--Bardach is known for her rare intelligence and charisma.

Suggested Programs 

-Cuba

-The Middle East

-Foreign Policy

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