David Sassoon is the founder and publisher of InsideClimate News, the nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2013. He has been a writer, editor and publisher for 25 years, involved with public interest issues, including human rights, cultural preservation, healthcare, education and the environment. In 2003, he began researching the business case for climate action for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. As an outgrowth of his research, Sassoon founded a blog in 2007 that has grown and evolved into InsideClimate News. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of “Tiny Specks in a Hurry: The Story of a Journey to Mustang.”
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