Donald McNeil Jr.
Donald Gerard McNeil Jr. is a science and health reporter for the New York Times who has reported on epidemics, including AIDS and COVID-19.Biography
He graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in rhetoric. He started at the Times in 1976 as a copy boy. He left in 1979 to teach journalism at Columbia University while studying history. From 1995 to 2002, he was a foreign correspondent based in South Africa and France. In 2013, he was featured in an acclaimed documentary about AIDS drugs, Fire In the Blood. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he became known for his early and persistent warnings about the severity of the situation.
He lives in Brooklyn. He has two daughters and a stepson.Awards
