Guy Gugliotta

Guy Gugliotta
EducationColumbia University BA, MIA
OccupationWriter
Employer(s)Washington Post, Miami Herald, UPI
Notable workGrant's Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan, Swift Boats at War in Vietnam, Freedom's Cap, Kings of Cocaine
AwardsFreedom's Cap, Kirkus A Best Nonfiction Book of the Year (2012),

Investigative Reporters and Editors award (1989) w/Jeff Leen, Sigma Delta Chi Award (1989) w/Jeff Leen, Maria Moors Cabot Prize Gold Medal (1987), Penney-Missouri Award (1986),

Nieman Fellow Harvard University (1982)

Guy Gugliotta is an American journalist and author, based in New York City. He reported for The Washington Post and others.

Career

Gugliotta graduated from Columbia University in 1967.[1] Drafted three months before graduation, he spent two years as a division and watch officer aboard an Atlantic Fleet destroyer and a year as Officer-in-Charge of a river patrol boat (Swift Boat) in the Mekong Delta. He was awarded three Bronze Stars, two with a combat V.[2]

After Vietnam, Gugliotta returned to Columbia and earned a master's degree in International Affairs at the Columbia University School of International Affairs.[1] He worked for United Press International for six years: as a reporter and editor for the New York local desk; then as UPI's Caribbean News Editor based in Puerto Rico; its chief correspondent in Argentina, where he covered the Dirty War; and as news editor for Brazil. In late 1978, he joined the Latin America Desk of the Miami Herald, covering the Sandinista Revolution,[3] Argentina's Falkland Islands War and World Cup Soccer Championships and was the first U.S. correspondent for a major newspaper to report extensively about the Colombian cocaine cartels.[4] He also covered the Iranian Revolution in 1978-1979,[2] the Iran hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. In 1990 he joined The Washington Post, covering the Gulf War,[5] Congress,[6] including Clinton's impeachment,[7] science and space.[8]

Awards, fellowships and service

Personal life

Gugliotta is married to Carla Robbins, a university professor and journalist specializing in U.S. defense policy and foreign affairs who has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes.[18] Their daughter Annie Gugliotta is a visual designer.[18][19]

Publications

As author and/or editor

  • Grant's Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan[20][21]
  • Swift Boats at War in Vietnam[22]
  • Freedom's Cap:The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War[23]
  • Kings of Cocaine.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cabot Medalist Began Career at Columbia". Vol. 13, no. 11. Columbia University. Columbia University Record. 1987-11-13. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  2. ^ a b c "The Bob Considine Award 1980". OPC. 1981-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  3. ^ Gentile, Bill (2021-06-08). Wait for Me: True Stories of War, Love & Rock and Roll. Bill Gentile. p. Chapter 1, Page 1. ISBN 0578919567.
  4. ^ a b "1987 IRE Award winners - IRE". 2020-04-16. Archived from the original on 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  5. ^ "News Review". C-SPAN. April 5, 1991. C-SPAN. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  6. ^ "Congressional Agenda". C-SPAN. May 7, 1999. C-SPAN. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  7. ^ "Daybook Interview". C-SPAN. December 31, 1997. C-SPAN. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  8. ^ "Science and Technology Reporting". C-SPAN. May 29, 2002. C-SPAN. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  9. ^ "Journalism Fellowship | Santa Fe Institute". www.santafe.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  10. ^ "Best Nonfiction of 2012". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  11. ^ "Capitol Fellowship Recipients | U.S. Capitol Historical Society". United States Capitol Historical Society. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  12. ^ "Herald wins three awards; Hart coverage is praised". "The Miami Herald". 1988-03-31.
  13. ^ "Reporter wins journalism award posthumously". UPI. 1986-12-04. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  14. ^ Staff, A. P. F. (1985-01-05). "20th Annual Competition Fellowship Winners for 1985 - APF Staff". Alicia Patterson Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  15. ^ "Alphabetical List by Class Year". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  16. ^ "Foreign Reporting Cited By Overseas Press Club". The New York Times. 1981-04-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  17. ^ "Fascell: US to Help Counter Attempts to Limit Press Freedom". The Miami Herald. 1978-10-11.
  18. ^ a b Robbins, Carla (1998-03-15). "Journalist's Trade Response: Narratives and Analysis". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  19. ^ "Anne Luz Gugliotta". Anne Luz Gugliotta. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  20. ^ Bordewich, Fergus (2025-07-07). "'Grant's Enforcer' Review: A 19th-Century War on Terror". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  21. ^ Donovan, Kevin C. (July 24, 2025). "Book Review: Grant's Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan by Guy Gugliotta". Emerging Civil War. Emerging Civil War. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  22. ^ Sisk, Richard (May 4, 2017). "New Book Goes In-Depth on Swift Boats in Vietnam". Military.com. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  23. ^ Yardley, Jonathan (2012-03-23). ""Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War" by Guy Gugliotta". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  24. ^ Gutman, Roy (May 21, 1989). "The World That Cocaine Made". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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