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Ted Gup

テッド・ガップ

Tedto Gappu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-09-14 （Canton, Ohio, United States）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Canton, Ohio, USA → Cleveland, Ohio, USA (while at Case Western Reserve University) → Boston, Massachusetts, USA (while at Emerson College) → Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA (while at Swarthmore College) → Durham, United Kingdom (visiting fellow/residence at Durham University)

Career

Occupations
author, journalist, professor
Active Years
1970-
Affiliations
Swarthmore College (Eugene Lang Visiting Professor), Case Western Reserve University (Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism), Emerson College (headed the journalism department), Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University (Fellow)

Education

Western Reserve Academy
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: United States

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship
2003
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
George Polk Award
1980
Organization: Long Island University
Result: 受賞
Gerald Loeb Award (Large Newspapers)
1981
Category: Large Newspapers
Organization: UCLA Anderson School (Gerald Loeb Awards)
Result: 受賞（共同）
Gerald Loeb Award (Honorable Mention)
1984
Category: Large Newspapers
Organization: UCLA Anderson School
Result: 準入選（Honorable Mention）
Orwell Award
2007
Work: Nation of Secrets
Organization: Orwell Award (awarded by organizations linked to public policy and language)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA

2000 Non-fiction / Investigative journalism

An investigative account of CIA officers who served covertly and died in the line of duty; it revealed previously unnamed cases and raised questions about secrecy and journalistic ethics.

government secrecytransparencynational security

Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life

2007 Non-fiction / Political commentary

Argues that a political culture defined by secrecy threatens democratic transparency, examining how excessive governmental secrecy erodes public trust.

democracy and transparencypolitical cultureneed for open government

A Secret Gift

2010 Non-fiction / Family history / Memoir

Centers on the author's grandfather's anonymous acts of charity in 1933 during the Great Depression, exploring family history, solidarity, and kindness in a more personal vein than the author's prior investigative work.

family historycharitymemory and rediscovery

Bibliography

  • The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA
  • Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life
  • A Secret Gift

Style & Themes

Literary Style
investigative journalistic styleexpository fact-based narrativeblend of personal memoir and public affairs
Recurring Motifs
secrecy vs. opennesscontinuity of government / doomsday planningethics and accountability

Legacy

A journalist and author known for critical examinations of secrecy and advocacy for civic transparency; influenced debates on government secrecy and journalistic ethics and contributed to academic teaching and research.

Quotes

  • “The bunker mentality that preserved that place was itself a threat to national security.”
    Source: Interview with The Plain Dealer (2009) (2009)

Trivia

  • His 1992 Washington Post Magazine article exposed the Greenbrier bunker (Project Greek Island), generating controversy.
  • Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003.
  • Received the Orwell Award in 2007 for Nation of Secrets.
  • Lost his eldest son David (age 21) on October 18, 2011.