David Streitfeld is an American journalist. During his tenure as book reporter at The Washington Post, he definitively identified Joe Klein as the "Anonymous" author of the 1996 novel Primary Colors, upon which Klein admitted authorship, despite earlier denials. Streitfeld was book reporter at The Washington Post from 1987 until 1998, after which he covered Silicon Valley and technology for the Post out of San Francisco. In 2001, Streitfeld joined the Los Angeles Times as a technology reporter, later switching to covering Enron, housing, and general economics. In July 2006, the Atlantic magazine named him "The Bard of the Bubble" for his LA Timesreal estate coverage. In 2007, Streitfeld joined The New York Times as Chicago business reporter and later covered technology subjects. He won a 2012 "Best in Business" award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for his The New York Times stories on fake online reviews. Judges cited "a really nice job detailing this new review economy and how these reviews are replacing traditional advertising." Streitfeld was one of a team of New York Times reporters who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for a series of 10 articles on the business practices of Apple and other technology companies. In May 2014, Streitfeld broke the story of Amazon.com's negotiating tactics with publishing house Hachette, which he continued to cover for multiple months. The reporting on the topic by The New York Times and Streitfeld was the subject of a piece by The New York TimesPublic EditorMargaret Sullivan in October 2014. In January 2015, Melville House published Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Last Interview, a collection edited by Streitfeld. The introduction details his friendship with Marquez and the circumstances of their talks on two continents. In August 2015, Streitfeld and New York Times colleague Jodi Kantor co-authored Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace. The 6000-word story generated more than 6600 comments, the largest number of comments on a story in The New York Times history and the Times story reporting this fact drew over 200 comments. In December 2015, Melville House published Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview, edited by Streitfeld. Maureen Corrigan gave a favorable review on NPR's Fresh Air of three recent volumes in the Last Interview series Streitfeld's longtime friendship with science fiction authorElizabeth Hand inspired her Nebula Award-winning short storyEcho.
Personal life
Streitfeld is married and has a young daughter. He lives in San Francisco, California. As a tech reporter, Streitfeld is reported to not use much technology outside of his job.
