Eric Matthew Schlosser(born August 17, 1959) is an Americanjournalistandfood writer.He is known for his booksFast Food Nation(2001),Reefer Madness(2003), andCommand and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety(2013).
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| Born | Eric Matthew Schlosser[1] August 17, 1959 New York City,U.S. |
| Occupation | Investigative writer |
| Education | Princeton University(BA) Oriel College, Oxford(MLitt) |
| Period | 1995—present |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notable works | Fast Food Nation(2001) Reefer Madness(2003) Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety(2013) |
| Spouse |
Shauna Jean Redford (m.1985) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Herbert Schlosser(father) |
| Relatives | Robert Redford(father-in-law) |
Biography
editSchlosser was born inNew York City, New York;he spent his childhood there and inLos Angeles, California.His parents are Judith (née Gassner) andHerbert Schlosser,a formerWall Streetlawyer who turned to broadcasting later in his career, eventually becoming president ofNBCin 1974 and later becoming a vice president ofRCA.[1][3][4]
Schlosser graduated with an A.B. in history fromPrinceton Universityin 1982 after completing a 148-page-long senior thesis titled "Academic Freedom during theMcCarthyEra:Anti-Communism,Conformity and Princeton. "[5]He then earned aMaster of LettersinBritish Imperial HistoryfromOriel College, Oxford.He tried playwriting, writing two plays,Americans(1985) andWe the People(2007). He is married to Shauna Redford, daughter of actorRobert Redford.[1]
Journalism and books
editSchlosser started his career as a journalist withThe Atlantic MonthlyinBoston, Massachusetts.He quickly gained recognition for hisinvestigative pieces,earning two awards within two years of joining the staff: he won theNational Magazine Awardfor his reporting in his two-part series "Reefer Madness" and "Marijuana and the Law" (The Atlantic Monthly,August and September 1994), and he won theSidney Hillman Foundation awardfor his article "In the Strawberry Fields" (The Atlantic Monthly,November 19, 1995).[citation needed]
Schlosser wroteFast Food Nation(2001), an exposé on the unsanitary and discriminatory practices of thefast food industry.Fast Food Nationevolved from a two-part article inRolling Stone.The book won the 2002Firecracker Alternative Book Awardfor Nonfiction.[6]Schlosser helped adapt his book intoa 2006 filmdirected byRichard Linklater.The film opened November 19, 2006.Chew On This(2006), co-written with Charles Wilson, is an adaptation of the book for younger readers.FortunecalledFast Food Nationthe "Best Business Book of the Year" in 2001.[7]
His 2003 bookReefer Madnessdiscusses the history and current trade ofmarijuana,the use ofmigrant workersinCaliforniastrawberry fields,and theAmerican pornography industryand its history.William F. BuckleygaveReefer Madnessa favorable review,[8]as didBusinessWeek.[9]
Schlosser's bookCommand and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safetywas published in September 2013.[10]It focuses on the 1980Damascus Titan missile explosion,a non-nuclear explosion of aTitan II missilenearDamascus, AR.[11][12]The New Yorker'sLouis Menandcalled it "excellent" and "hair-raising" and said that "Command and Controlis how nonfiction should be written. "[13]It was a finalist for the 2014Pulitzer Prize for History.[14]
He has been working on a book on theAmerican prison system,which has been over 10 years in the making.[15]
Works
edit- Schlosser, Eric; Wilson, Charles (2006).Chew on this: Everything You Don't Want to Know about Fast Food.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.ISBN978-0-618-59394-1.
- Jayaraman, Saru; Schlosser, Eric (February 12, 2013).Behind the Kitchen Door.Cornell University Press.ISBN978-0-8014-6759-2.
Films and awards
editSchlosser appeared in an interview for the DVD ofMorgan Spurlock'sSuper Size Me,having a one-on-one discussion with the filmmaker about thefast-food industry.He did not appear in the film itself. He was interviewed byFranny Armstrongin 2005 and is a feature interviewee in her filmMcLibel.
Schlosser appeared in the 2008 documentary,Food, Inc.,and the 2023 sequelFood, Inc. 2withMichael Pollan.
Schlosser also served as co-executive producer on the 2007 filmThere Will Be Blood.In 2014, he was an executive producer of the farmworker documentaryFood Chains,[16]a credit he shared withEva Longoria.They both won aJames Beard Foundation Awardfor their roles.[17]Schlosser also shared a director credit for the multimedia installation entitled "the bomb", an experimental film about nuclear weaponry coupled with a live score byThe Acid.[18]
References
edit- ^abcd"Shuana Redford Married In Utah".The New York Times.October 6, 1985.Archivedfrom the original on January 21, 2018.
- ^"Robert Redford is a grandfather".Eugene Register-Guard.Eugene, Oregon.August 3, 1992. p. 2 – viaGoogle News Archive.
- ^Seabrook, John (October 22, 2001)."Dept. of Second Chances: A Mothballed Mural".The New Yorker.RetrievedMay 12,2014.
- ^"Felicia Warburg Becomes Fiancee; Bennington Alumna Engaged to Robert William Sarnoff, Son of R.C.A. Head Strauss".The New York Times.April 27, 1950.
- ^Schlosser, Eric Matthew (1981)."Academic Freedom during the McCarthy Era: Anti-Communism, Conformity and Princeton".Princeton University Senior Theses.History Department,Princeton University.
Access Restrictions: Walk-in Access. This thesis can only be viewed on computer terminals at the Mudd Manuscript Library...To order a copy complete the Senior Thesis Request Form. For more information contact [email protected].
- ^"Firecracker Alternative Book Awards".ReadersRead.Archived fromthe originalon March 4, 2009.
- ^Kahn, Jeremy (December 24, 2001)."Best & Worst 2001 Honest CEOs. Harebrained ad campaigns. Appalling outfits. They've all earned a place on our year-end list".money.cnn.RetrievedMay 10,2011.
- ^"Reefer Madness".National Review.RetrievedMay 10,2011.
- ^"What Is America Smoking?".BusinessWeek.May 19, 2003. Archived fromthe originalon September 10, 2011.RetrievedMay 10,2011.
- ^Greta Johnsen."Five Books To Read This Fall".
- ^Mead, Walter Russell(September 12, 2013)."Atomic Gaffes:Command and Controlby Eric Schlosser ".The New York Times.RetrievedSeptember 18,2013.
- ^McKinley, James (October 5, 2012)."Fast Food NationAuthor Will Return With Book on Nuclear Weapons ".The New York Times.RetrievedOctober 6,2012.
- ^Menand, Louis (September 30, 2013)."Nukes of Hazard".The New Yorker.
- ^"The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation".Pulitzer.org.RetrievedMay 12,2014.
- ^Falconer, Morgan,"Eric Schlosser on why he's giving up food",Sunday Times(London), February 5, 2010
- ^Tara Duggan,Documentary shows how those who pick our food get a raw deal,San Francisco Chronicle,November 25, 2014
- ^"The 2015 Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Awards: Complete Winner Recap".jamesbeard.org.RetrievedFebruary 5,2018.
- ^Mintzer, Jordan (February 11, 2017)."'the bomb': Film Review | Berlin 2017 ".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedFebruary 5,2018.