Alan Schwarz (born July 3, 1968) is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter at the The New York Times best known for writing more than 100 articles that exposed the seriousness of concussions among football players of all ages. His investigative and profile pieces are generally credited with revolutionizing the respect and protocol for head injuries in almost every major youth and professional sport. Schwarz's work was profiled in an early 2011 issue...
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Alan Schwarz (born July 3, 1968) is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter at the The New York Times best known for writing more than 100 articles that exposed the seriousness of concussions among football players of all ages. His investigative and profile pieces are generally credited with revolutionizing the respect and protocol for head injuries in almost every major youth and professional sport. Schwarz's work was profiled in an early 2011 issue of The New Yorker and was described by one Hall of Fame sports writer, Murray Chass, as “the most remarkable feat in sports journalism history.” The New York Times promoted him to National Correspondent for Education in July 2011.
Schwarz's background in mathematics is considered one of his strengths as a reporter, particularly in his investigation of football brain injuries. Schwarz's father taught him how to compute square roots when he was 4 years old, and after becoming interested in baseball as a teenager he wound up as the statistician...
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