Charles Duhigg
{{Short description|American journalist and author}}
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| name = Charles Duhigg
| image = Charles Duhigg at the Leading Through Excellence summit in 2013 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Duhigg in 2013
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1974}}
| birth_place = New Mexico, U.S.
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| relations = Katy Duhigg (sister)
| known_for = Writing, Journalism
| occupation = Journalist, Author
| education = Yale University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
| employer = The New York Times
| website = {{URL|charlesduhigg.com}}
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Charles Duhigg (born 1974) is an American journalist and non-fiction author. He was a reporter for The New York Times. He currently writes for The New Yorker Magazine and is the author of three books: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Smarter Faster Better and Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection. In 2013, Duhigg was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for a series of ten articles on the business practices of Apple and other technology companies.
Early life and education
Charles Duhigg was born in 1974 in New Mexico. He graduated from Yale University and earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.{{cite news| url=http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2009/june/mytwocents.html| work=Harvard Business School |title= Alumni Magazine |quote=Charles Duhigg (MBA ’03) }}
Career
Duhigg is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer. Between 2006 and 2017, he was a reporter at The New York Times.{{cite news| url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/charles_duhigg/index.html | title=Charles Duhigg| work=The New York Times | access-date=2012-02-22 }} He currently writes for The New Yorker Magazine.
Duhigg led a team of New York Times reporters who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for a series of 10 articles about the business practices of Apple and other technology companies.{{cite web|title=The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners - Explanatory Reporting|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2013-Explanatory-Reporting|publisher=Pulitzer.org|access-date=15 April 2013}}{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/business/media/2013-journalism-pulitzer-winners.html | title = 2013 Journalism Pulitzer Winners | date = 15 April 2013 | work = New York Times | access-date = 15 April 2013 }} Duhigg wrote other series, including Toxic Waters,{{cite news| url=http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters | work=The New York Times | title=Toxic Waters - Series | first=Charles | last=Duhigg}} Golden Opportunities,{{cite news| url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/business/series/golden_opportunites/index.html | work=The New York Times | title=Golden Opportunities - Series | first=Charles | last=Duhigg}} and was part of the team that wrote The Reckoning.{{cite news| url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/business/series/the_reckoning/index.html | work=The New York Times | title=The Reckoning - Series | first1=Peter S. | last1=Goodman | first2=Gretchen | last2=Morgenson}}
Duhigg's book about the science of habit formation, titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business,{{cite book | isbn=978-1-4000-6928-6 | title=The Power of Habit: Why We do What We do in Life and Business | last1=Duhigg | first1=Charles | date=28 February 2012 | publisher=National Geographic Books }} was published by Random House on February 28, 2012. An extract was published in The New York Times entitled "How Companies Learn Your Secrets."{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | title=How Companies Learn Your Secrets | first=Charles | last=Duhigg | date=February 16, 2012}} The Power of Habit spent over three years on The New York Times{{'}}s bestseller lists.
He is also the author of Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business,{{Cite book|isbn = 978-0812993394|title = Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business|last1 = Duhigg|first1 = Charles|year = 2016| publisher=Random House Publishing }} which was released on March 8, 2016. It became a New York Times Best Seller on March 27, 2016.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2016-03-27/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html | title=Bestseller List | work=The New York Times | date=March 27, 2016}}
In 2024, Duhigg published his third book, [https://www.amazon.com/Supercommunicators-Unlock-Secret-Language-Connection/dp/0593243919/ Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection].{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/eef59b29-81ea-4072-8f11-d90fdcac88c2|title=Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg — talking the talk if not walking the walk|website=Financial Times|access-date=April 20, 2024}} It spent over 30 weeks on the New York Times's bestseller lists.
Personal life
Duhigg resides in Santa Cruz, California.{{cite news |title=B'klyn Writer Wins Award For Series on Senior Citizens |url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=18&id=20980 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=May 4, 2010 }} His sister, Katy Duhigg, is an attorney and politician who is a member of the New Mexico Senate.{{Cite web|last=Duhigg|first=Committee To Elect Katy|title=About Katy|url=https://katyduhigg.com/about-katy|access-date=2020-11-07|website=Committee To Elect Katy Duhigg|language=en-US}}
Awards
- 2007 George Polk Award{{cite news |title=Slain California editor posthumously honoured with George Polk Award |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200802191122.htm |work=The Hindu |date=February 19, 2008 |access-date=May 4, 2010 |location=Chennai, India}}
- 2007 Heywood Broun Award{{cite news |title=Honors |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1444802981.html?dids=1444802981:1444802981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+13%2C+2008&author=Anonymous&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=HONORS&pqatl=google |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 13, 2008 |access-date=May 4, 2010 |format=fee required |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026141448/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1444802981.html?dids=1444802981:1444802981&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+13,+2008&author=Anonymous&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=HONORS&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}
- 2008 Hillman Prize
- 2008 Gerald Loeb Award Honorable Mention for Beat Writing for "Golden Opportunities"{{Cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1791539/2008-gerald-loeb-award-winners-announced-ucla-anderson-school-management |title=2008 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management |date=October 28, 2011 |website=Fast Company |access-date=February 1, 2019}}
- 2009 Scripps Howard National Journalism Award{{cite news |title=Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Awards Winners |url=http://www.scripps.com/foundation/news/releases/10march12.html |publisher=Scripps Howard Foundation |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501010707/http://www.scripps.com/foundation/news/releases/10march12.html |archive-date=2010-05-01 |url-status=dead }}
- 2009 Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal{{cite news |title=Complete List of Investigative Reporters and Editors Winners and Finalists |url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004079214 |work=Editor & Publisher |date=March 29, 2010 |access-date=May 4, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 2009 Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for "The Reckoning"{{Cite web |url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2009/loeb-winners |title=Loeb Winners |date=June 29, 2009 |website=UCLA Anderson School of Management |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202154558/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2009/loeb-winners |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |url-status=dead }}
- 2010 United States National Academies National Academies Communication Award,{{cite news |title=2010 Communication Awards |url=http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=10142010 |date=October 14, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2010 }}
- 2010 Society of Environmental Journalists Investigative Reporting Award{{cite news |title=Winners: SEJ 9th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment |url=http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-9th-annual-awards |date=October 17, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2010 |archive-date=March 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303162351/http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-9th-annual-awards |url-status=dead }}
- awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers,{{cite news |title=SABEW Names Winners in the Best in Business Contest |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-162325640.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104013950/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-162325640.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |work=Wireless News |date=March 26, 2009 |access-date=May 4, 2010 |url-access=subscription }} the Deadline Awards,{{cite news |title=New York Times Wins Big at Deadline Club Awards Dinner |url=http://deadlineclub.org/events/new-york-times-wins-big-at-deadline-club-awards-dinner |access-date=November 1, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and the John B. Oakes Awards{{cite news |title=Past Winners of the Oakes Award |url=http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/193-past-winners-of-the-oakes-award/194 |publisher=Columbia Journalism School |access-date=February 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116194740/http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/193-past-winners-of-the-oakes-award/194 |archive-date=January 16, 2012 }}
- 2013, with other The New York Times reporters, Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, for a series of 10 articles on the business practices of Apple and other technology companies.{{cite web|title=The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners - Explanatory Reporting|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2013-Explanatory-Reporting|publisher=Pulitzer.org|access-date=15 April 2013}}{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/business/media/2013-journalism-pulitzer-winners.html | title = 2013 Journalism Pulitzer Winners | date = 15 April 2013 | work = New York Times | access-date = 15 April 2013 }}
Books
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business[https://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147296743/how-you-can-harness-the-power-of-habit "How You Can Harness 'The Power Of Habit'"], Morning Edition, NPR Radio, February 27, 2012{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html | work=The New York Times | first=Charles | last=Duhigg | title=How Companies Learn Your Secrets | date=February 16, 2012}}USA Today March 2, 2012 page B1 "Even the signs have eyes these days"
- [https://www.amazon.com/Smarter-Faster-Better-audiobook/dp/B017WRCV0A/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3M7RN531BDPZ5&dchild=1&keywords=smarter+faster+better+by+charles+duhigg&qid=1603477319&sprefix=smarter+faster+be%2Caps%2C-1&sr=8-1 Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business]
- [https://www.amazon.com/Supercommunicators-Unlock-Secret-Language-Connection/dp/0593243919/ Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection]
Articles
- "How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism", The New Yorker, 23 November 2020.[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/how-venture-capitalists-are-deforming-capitalism link]
References
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External links
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- [https://twitter.com/cduhigg Journalist's Twitter]
- [https://nytimes.com/duhigg Journalist's New York Times website]
- [http://charlesduhigg.com Journalist's website]
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