Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal (Seymour Medal)
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2005) Nominee
Alan Schwarz
アラン・シュワルツ
Aran Shuwarutsu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1968-07-03 （White Plains, New York）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- White Plains, New York
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Author
- Active Years
- 1991-
- Affiliations
- The New York Times, Baseball America, ESPN The Magazine
- Influenced
- Christopher Nowinski
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | — | Mathematics | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
University of Pennsylvania
Mathematics
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | George Polk Award | Concussion Reporting Series | Sports Reporting | Long Island University | winner |
| 2010 | Pulitzer Prize for Public Service | Concussion Reporting Series | — | Columbia University | finalist |
| 2013 | Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award | Statistical Reporting | — | American Statistical Association | winner |
George Polk Award
2009
Work:
Concussion Reporting Series
Category:
Sports Reporting
Organization:
Long Island University
Result:
winner
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
2010
Work:
Concussion Reporting Series
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
finalist
Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award
2013
Work:
Statistical Reporting
Organization:
American Statistical Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics
2004 Non-fictionProfiles baseball's 150-year infatuation with statistics and statistical analysis.
StatisticsBaseball
Once Upon a Game: Baseball's Greatest Memories
2007 Non-fictionAnthology of baseball's greatest memories.
BaseballMemories
ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic
2016 Non-fictionExplores the making of an ADHD epidemic in America.
ADHDPublic Health
Bibliography
- The Numbers Game
- Once Upon a Game
- ADHD Nation
Adaptations
- Concussion (2015 film)
- Head Games (film)
- League of Denial
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Data journalismInvestigative journalismStatistical analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- ConcussionsSports injuriesPower of statistics
Legacy
Best known for over 100 articles exposing the NFL's cover-up of concussions, bringing brain injuries in sports to worldwide attention and revolutionizing protocols in youth and professional athletics.
Academic Societies
- American Statistical Association
In Popular Culture
- Profiled in The New Yorker, Concussion film, Head Games, and League of Denial documentaries
Quotes
-
From the start, writing, at least in the way that I do it, became my form of teaching, just at a different blackboard.
Source: Interview (2018)
Trivia
- Could compute square roots at age 4
- Described as one of the nation's best baseball writers in Moneyball