Adam Penenberg
Radio: Bio of Adam Penenberg
October 15, 2006
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Adam L. Penenberg has written for Forbes, The New York Times, Fast Company, Slate, Wired, The Economist, Mother Jones and Playboy. A former senior editor at Forbes and reporter for Forbes.com, Penenberg garnered national attention in 1998 for unmasking serial fabricator Stephen Glass of The New Republic. Penenberg's story was a watershed for online investigative journalism and is portrayed in the film "Shattered Glass."
His first book, "Spooked: Espionage in Corporate America," was excerpted in the New York Times Magazine and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. His second, "Tragic Indifference: One Man's Battle With the Auto Industry Over the Dangers of SUVs" was optioned for the movies by Michael Douglas and excerpted in USA Today. Until recently he penned the popular "Media Hack" column for Wired News (Wired.com) -- an Online News Association finalist for 2005 -- and wrote a regular column on technology for Slate. His Slate piece, "The Right Price for Digital Music," appears in" The Best of Technology Writing 2006." Currently he's a contributing writer for Fast Company magazine.
A journalism professor at New York University, Penenberg is the assistant director of the business and economic program, heads the department's ethics committee, and teaches investigative reporting, magazine writing, and media ethics to graduate students. He has appeared on the "Today Show” with Katie Couric, FoxNews, MSNBC, NBC, CNBC, CNN ("American Morning” with Soledad O'Brien, "Moneyline,” and "Headline News”) and NPR.
-- Bio provided by Penenberg.com
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