New York Times bureau chief to give talk for Saratoga Reads
Event Information
- Date
- Saturday, March 31, 2012
- Time
- 2:00 pm
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Saratoga Reads will offer a presentation by Danny Hakim, Albany bureau chief for the New York Times, on Saturday, March 31, at 2 p.m. in Emerson Auditorium of Palamountain Hall, Skidmore College. The event is free and open to the public.
Hakim, who will give a behind-the-scenes look at his work as a reporter, was part of the team that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for its coverage of the sex scandal that resulted in the resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Hakim has been covering state government for the New York Times Albany bureau since 2005 and has been the bureau chief since 2007. Previously, he was chief of Detroit bureau of the Times and a reporter covering investing. His assignments for the Times have taken him to an Indiana camp for Hummer aficionados, to the Michigan hunting preserve of the rock guitarist Ted Nugent, and into the deep thicket of General Motors’ financial statements and the New York State budget.
Before coming to the Times in 2000, Hakim was a financial reporter for SmartMoney.com and a police reporter for the Greenville News in South Carolina. He started his career as a copy aide at the Washington Post.
Born in Norfolk, Va., Hakim graduated from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md., with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.
He is married with two children and lives in Saratoga Springs.
Hakim’s talk is part of series of events related to this year’s Saratoga Reads book of choice, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.