Douglas Frantz

Douglas Frantz
Douglas Frantz
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
	In office; September 3, 2013 – October 1, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Valerie Fowler
Preceded by	Michael Hammer
Succeeded by	John Kirby
Personal details
Born	September 29, 1949(age 74); North Manchester, Indiana,U.S.
Spouse	Catherine Collins
Alma mater	DePauw University; Columbia University

Douglas Frantz(born September 29, 1949 inNorth Manchester, Indiana)^[2]is anAmerican Pulitzer Prize-winning formerinvestigative journalistand author, and served as the Deputy Secretary-General of theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentfrom 2015 to 2017.^[3]

He resigned asLos Angeles TimesManaging Editor in 2007 after blocking the publication of an article about theArmenian genocide;Frantz said his resignation was not related to the ensuing controversy.^[4]

Career[edit]

Frantz graduated fromDePauw Universityin 1971 and earned a M.S. from theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism.^[5]He was an investigative reporter for theLos Angeles Times,theChicago Tribune,andThe New York Times.^[6]

Frantz served as the Istanbul bureau chief forThe New York Times,and the managing editor of theLos Angeles Timesfrom 2005 to 2007. Frantz was chief investigator for theSenate Foreign Relations Committee.^[7]He is also the former Managing Director ofKroll's Business IntelligenceWashington office.^[8]

From 2013 to 2015, Frantz served as theState Department'sAssistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.^[9]

Armenian genocide controversy[edit]

As theLos Angeles TimesManaging Editor, Frantz blocked a story on theArmenian genocidein April 2007 written by Mark Arax, a veteranTimesjournalist of Armenian descent. Frantz argued that Arax previously had expressed an opinion on the topic and therefore was biased on the subject, apparently referring to a letter co-signed by Arax that endorsed theLA Timespolicy of referring to the event as "Armenian Genocide".^[10]Arax, who has published similar articles before,^[11]lodged a discrimination complaint and threatened a federal lawsuit. Frantz was accused of having a bias obtained while being stationed in Istanbul, Turkey.^[10]Frantz resigned from the paper on July 6.^[4]

Personal[edit]

Frantz has written 10 nonfiction books, six of them with his wife,Catherine Collins.Their most recent book, Salmon Wars is about the environmental and health dangers of the salmon fishing industry. They live in a fishing village in Nova Scotia.^[12]

Awards[edit]

1993; 1998Pulitzer Prize for National Reportingfinalist^[13]
1993Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Works[edit]

John C. Boland, Douglas Frantz (1985).Wall Street's Insiders: How You Can Profit With The Smart Money.William Morrow & Co.ISBN 978-0-688-03872-4.
Douglas Frantz (1987).Levine & Co.: Wall Street's Insider Trading Scandal.Henry Holt & Co.ISBN 978-0-8050-0457-1.
Douglas Frantz (1991).Making It: The Business of Building in the Age of Money.Holt.ISBN 978-0-8050-0996-5.
Douglas Frantz, Catherine Collins (1990).Selling Out: How We Are Letting Japan Buy Our Land, Our Industries, Our Financial Institutions, and Our Future.McGraw-Hill.ISBN 978-0-8092-4152-1.
Catherine Collins, Douglas Frantz (1993).Teachers: Talking Out of School.Little, Brown and Company.ISBN 978-0-316-29266-5.
Douglas Frantz (1993).From the Ground Up: The Business of Building in the Age of Money.University of California Press.ISBN 978-0-520-08399-8.
Douglas Frantz, David McKean (1995).Friends in High Places: The Rise and Fall of Clark Clifford.Little, Brown and Company.ISBN 978-0-316-29162-0.
Douglas Frantz; Catherine Collins (2000).Celebration, U.S.A.: living in Disney's brave new town.Macmillan.ISBN 978-0-8050-5561-0.
Douglas Frantz; Catherine Collins (2003).Death on the Black Sea.Ecco.ISBN 978-0-06-621262-3.
Douglas Frantz; Catherine Collins (2007).The Nuclear Jihadist.Grand Central Publishing.ISBN 978-0-446-50560-4.
Douglas Frantz, Catherine Collins (2008).The Man from Pakistan: The True Story of the World's Most Dangerous Nuclear Smuggler.Twelve.ISBN 978-0-446-19958-2.
Douglas Frantz; Catherine Collins (2011).Fallout: The True Story of the CIA's Secret War on Nuclear Trafficking.Simon and Schuster.ISBN 978-1-4391-8306-9.

References[edit]

^"Valerie Crites Fowler".U.S. Department of State. January 28, 2014.RetrievedNovember 27,2015.
^"Ask a Reporter Q&A: Mark Landler".The New York Times.2002. Archived fromthe originalon October 15, 2009.
^"OECD appoints new Deputy Secretary-General".Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.October 1, 2015.
^^a ^bManaging editor to leave The Times
^"Douglas Frantz '71 Appointed Investigations Editor of New York Times".DePauw University.Retrieved2020-08-05.
^Frantz, Douglas; Collins, Catherine."Douglas Frantz".The New York Times.
^"Douglas Frantz, former Times managing editor, to be chief investigator for Senate panel".Los Angeles Times.January 8, 2009.
^"Pulitzer Prize Winner Douglas Frantz Joins Risk Consulting Firm Kroll".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-02-18.Retrieved2015-01-25.
^"U.S. Welcomes Appointment of Douglas Frantz as Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)".U.S. Department of State.October 1, 2015.
^^a ^bThe Armenian Genocide Debate Pits Moral Values Against Realpolitik ArchivedJanuary 15, 2016, at theWayback Machine
^LA Observed: Armenian genocide dispute erupts at LAT
^"Douglas Frantz".Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative.RetrievedApril 15,2022.
^"The Pulitzer Prizes - Search: frantz".pulitzer.org.

External links[edit]

"Books by Douglas Frantz".NPR.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-12.
"Fallout, by Investigative Journalist Douglas Frantz '71, Arrives at Bookstores".

Political offices
Preceded by Michael Hammer	Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs 2013–2015	Succeeded by John Kirby

[1] "Valerie Crites Fowler".U.S. Department of State. January 28, 2014.RetrievedNovember 27,2015.

[2] "Ask a Reporter Q&A: Mark Landler".The New York Times.2002. Archived fromthe originalon October 15, 2009.

[OECD-3] "OECD appoints new Deputy Secretary-General".Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.October 1, 2015.

[latimes-4] Managing editor to leave The Times

[5] "Douglas Frantz '71 Appointed Investigations Editor of New York Times".DePauw University.Retrieved2020-08-05.

[6] Frantz, Douglas; Collins, Catherine."Douglas Frantz".The New York Times.

[7] "Douglas Frantz, former Times managing editor, to be chief investigator for Senate panel".Los Angeles Times.January 8, 2009.

[8] "Pulitzer Prize Winner Douglas Frantz Joins Risk Consulting Firm Kroll".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-02-18.Retrieved2015-01-25.

[9] "U.S. Welcomes Appointment of Douglas Frantz as Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)".U.S. Department of State.October 1, 2015.

[jewishworldwatch-10] The Armenian Genocide Debate Pits Moral Values Against Realpolitik ArchivedJanuary 15, 2016, at theWayback Machine

[Roderick-11] LA Observed: Armenian genocide dispute erupts at LAT

[12] "Douglas Frantz".Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative.RetrievedApril 15,2022.

[13] "The Pulitzer Prizes - Search: frantz".pulitzer.org.

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