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Schmidt began working for ''The Times'' as a news clerk in 2005. In December 2007, he was made a staff reporter, covering [[performance-enhancing drugs]] and legal issues in sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/18/u-s-investors-are-commoditizing-dominican-ballplayers/|title=U.S. investors are commodifying Dominican ballplayers - HardballTalk|work=[[NBC Sports]]|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref><ref>http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/jeter-said-to-be-asking-for-23-to-24-million-a-year/</ref><ref>[http://www.observer.com/2010/media/who-broke-times-roger-clemens-story-ah-yes-michael-schmidt-again New York Observer: ''Ah, Yes! Michael Schmidt Again''. John Koblin. August 19, 2010]</ref> |
Schmidt began working for ''The Times'' as a news clerk in 2005. In December 2007, he was made a staff reporter, covering [[performance-enhancing drugs]] and legal issues in sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/18/u-s-investors-are-commoditizing-dominican-ballplayers/|title=U.S. investors are commodifying Dominican ballplayers - HardballTalk|work=[[NBC Sports]]|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref><ref>http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/jeter-said-to-be-asking-for-23-to-24-million-a-year/</ref><ref>[http://www.observer.com/2010/media/who-broke-times-roger-clemens-story-ah-yes-michael-schmidt-again New York Observer: ''Ah, Yes! Michael Schmidt Again''. John Koblin. August 19, 2010]</ref> |
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Schmidt was a correspondent for ''The Times'' in Iraq in 2011. In 2012, he became a Washington correspondent for ''The Times'', covering [[national security]] and federal [[law enforcement]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/times-journeys/expert/michael-s-schmidt/</ref> He has been the lead reporter behind ''The Times's'' articles about the [[Hillary Clinton email controversy |
Schmidt was a correspondent for ''The Times'' in Iraq in 2011. In 2012, he became a Washington correspondent for ''The Times'', covering [[national security]] and federal [[law enforcement]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/times-journeys/expert/michael-s-schmidt/</ref> He has been the lead reporter behind ''The Times's'' articles about the [[Hillary Clinton email controversy]]. |
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In December 2015, another New York Times story by Schmidt and Apuzzo (written together with [[Julia Preston]]) criticized the US government for missing crucial evidence during the visa vetting process for a woman who would later become one of the shooters in the [[2015 San Bernardino attack|San Bernardino attack]].<ref name=":0" /> The director of the FBI dismissed the reporting as "garble" and it turned out that rather than having "talked openly on social media about her views on violent jihad" as stated in the NYT article, she had mentioned these in private communications.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/new-york-times-san-bernardino-correction-margaret-sullivan-public-editor/|title = Systemic Change Needed After Faulty Times Article|last = Sullivan|first = Margaret|date = 2015-12-18|work = The New York Times - Public Editor's Journal|access-date = |via = }}</ref> |
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The New York Times' public editor called for "systemic changes" after these two erroneous articles by Schmidt and his coauthors (both of which had relied on anonymous government sources), describing these problems as a "red alert" highlighting the need for more diligent and skeptical reporting and editing.<ref name=":1" /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 00:47, 20 December 2015
Michael S. Schmidt | |
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Lafayette College (2005) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | The New York Times |
Michael S. Schmidt (born 1983) is an American journalist and correspondent for The New York Times in Washington, D.C.[1]
Early life and education
Schmidt grew up in Nyack, New York, and went to high school in Richmond, Virginia.[2] He graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 2005 with an AB in International Affairs.[3]
Career
In 2004, Schmidt worked at The Boston Globe.[2]
Schmidt began working for The Times as a news clerk in 2005. In December 2007, he was made a staff reporter, covering performance-enhancing drugs and legal issues in sports.[4][5][6]
Schmidt was a correspondent for The Times in Iraq in 2011. In 2012, he became a Washington correspondent for The Times, covering national security and federal law enforcement.[7] He has been the lead reporter behind The Times's articles about the Hillary Clinton email controversy.
References
- ^ http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/michael_s_schmidt/index.html
- ^ a b John Koblin. "Meet Michael Schmidt, the Young Times Writer Who Exposes Baseball's Worst". The New York Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2010/09/09/michael-schmidt-%E2%80%9905-baseball-doping-stor/
- ^ "U.S. investors are commodifying Dominican ballplayers - HardballTalk". NBC Sports. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/jeter-said-to-be-asking-for-23-to-24-million-a-year/
- ^ New York Observer: Ah, Yes! Michael Schmidt Again. John Koblin. August 19, 2010
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/times-journeys/expert/michael-s-schmidt/
External links
- Lafayette College alumni
- American male journalists
- The New York Times writers
- The Boston Globe people
- Living people
- 1983 births
- People from Rockland County, New York
- People from Richmond, Virginia
- American sportswriters
- Journalists from Washington, D.C.
- Sportswriters from New York
- American journalist, 1980s birth stubs