Michael Weisskopf
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Michael Weisskopf is a senior correspondent for Time magazine. A Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1996 for his coverage of the Republican Revolution of 1994, [1] Weisskopf specialized in national and international news during 20 years at The Washington Post. [2]
While embedded with a U.S. Army unit in Iraq on December 10, 2003, his right hand was blown off as he tried to throw a grenade from the Humvee in which he was riding. [3][4]
Fluent in Chinese, Weisskopf covered China for the Post from 1980 to 1985. [5]
He has written three books: Blood Brothers, about amputated American Iraq War veterans; Truth at Any Cost, co-written with investigative journalist Susan Schmidt about the Kenneth Starr investigation of the Lewinsky scandal; and Tell Newt to Shut Up, about the 1994 Republican takeover. [6]
Weisskopf has received the George Polk Award, Goldsmith Award for Investigative Reporting, National Headliners Award, Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism the U.S. Army's Fourth Estate Award and the Urbino Press Award 2007 (Italy).
He is married and has three children including a son named Skyler.
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- ^ Weisskopf, Michael, "How I Lost My Hand But Found Myself", Time magazine, September 24, 2006
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