Wittenberg Series: Leventhal Lecture
Leventhal Family Lecture
Eli Saslow, Writer At-Large for The New York Times
"Rising Out of Hatred"
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, Eli Saslow, who has been called “one of the great young journalists in America,” reveals the human stories behind the most divisive issues of our time. From racism and poverty to addiction and school shootings, his work uncovers the manifold impacts of major national issues on individuals and families.
Saslow’s book Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist charts the rise of white nationalism through the experiences of one person who abandoned everything he was taught to believe. His oral history project on the COVID-19 pandemic, collected first as a series for The Washington Post, then published as the book Voices from the Pandemic, documents a country struggling in the midst of a worldwide crisis.
A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Saslow was a longtime staff writer for The Washington Post, covering the 2008 presidential campaign as well as President Obama’s life in the White House. He was the T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professor of Journalism at the University of Montana and the winner of two George Polk Awards, a PEN Literary Award, a James Beard Award, and other honors. In February 2023, he joined The New York Times as a staff writer.
