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Biographie de Charles Duhigg

Charles DUHIGG is an investigative reporter for The New York Times, where he contributes to the newspaper and the magazine. He authored or contributed to Golden Opportunities (2007), a series of articles that examined how companies are trying to take advantage of aging Americans, The Reckoning (2008), which studied the causes and outcomes of the financial crisis, and Toxic Waters (2009), about the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators' response.
For his work, Mr Duhigg has received the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, George Polk, Gerald Loeb, and other awards, and he was part of a team of finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. He has appeared on This American Life, The Dr Oz Show, NPR, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and Frontline. Mr Duhigg is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale University. Before becoming a journalist, Mr Duhigg worked in private equity and - for one terrifying day - was a bike messenger in San Francisco.
Mr Duhigg can acquire bad habits- most notably regarding fried foods - within minutes, and lives in Brooklyn with his wife, a marine biologist, and their two sons, whose habits include waking at 5 : 00 A.M., flinging food at dinnertime, and smiling perfectly.