David Cay Johnston
David Cay Johnston | |
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Johnston at the 2016 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | December 24, 1948 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Education | San Francisco State University Michigan State University University of Chicago |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Known for | investigative reporting, reporting on tax issues |
| Notable work | Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else |
| Spouse | Jennifer Leonard |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize |
| Website | davidcayjohnston |
David Cay Boyle Johnston (born December 24, 1948) is an American investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.
From July 2011 until September 2012 he was a columnist for Reuters, writing, and producing video commentaries, on worldwide issues of tax, accounting, economics, public finance and business. Johnston is the board president of Investigative Reporters and Editors. He has also written for Al Jazeera English and America in recent years. Johnston is currently a Professor of Practice in the College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology, and has also served as Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at College of Law and the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.