Harry Gerard Bissinger III, also known as H. G. Bissinger and Buzz Bissinger (born November 1, 1954), is an American journalist. He was born in New York City.
Bissinger was educated at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, The University of Pennsylvania, where he was the sports editor and editorial page chairman of The Daily Pennsylvanian, and was the recipient of a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University.
While writing for The Philadelphia...
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Harry Gerard Bissinger III, also known as H. G. Bissinger and Buzz Bissinger (born November 1, 1954), is an American journalist. He was born in New York City.
Bissinger was educated at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, The University of Pennsylvania, where he was the sports editor and editorial page chairman of The Daily Pennsylvanian, and was the recipient of a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University.
While writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer he won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his story on corruption in the Philadelphia court system in 1987.
In 1998 his article "Shattered Glass," an exposé of the career of New Republic writer Stephen Glass, was published in the magazine Vanity Fair, where he is a contributing editor. The article was later adapted for the 2003 film of the same name.
His magazine work has also appeared in the New York Times and Sports Illustrated. Bissinger's article for Vanity Fair, "Gone with the Wind" (August 2007) about the saga...
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