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Wesley Morris

American journalist

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Born: December 19, 1975
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2019-06-17
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Birthplace: Philadelphia
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1.pulitzer.org/winners/wesley-morris
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
, film critic
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, journalist
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1.Stated in Muck RackRetrieved 2022-04-03
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Education: Yale University
, Girard College
, Trumbull College
Employer: The New York Times
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1.nytimes.com/by/wesley-morris
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, Boston Globe

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Wesley Morris is an American film critic and podcast host. He is currently critic at large for The New York Times and host of the New York Times podcast Cannonball. He was formerly co-host, with J Wortham, of the New York Times podcast Still Processing. Previously, Morris wrote for The Boston Globe, then Grantland. He won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work with The Globe and the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his New York Times coverage of race relations in the United States, making Morris the only writer to have won the Criticism prize more than once.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-22
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Given name: Wesley
Family name: Morris
Start of work period: 1993
Has written for: The New York Times url: nytimes.com, nytimes.com
Boston Globe
Social media followers: 96,321(February 8, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 59815702
97,682(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 59815702
91,189(January 7, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 59815702
70,355(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 59815702
Name in native language: Wesley Morris
Awards: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences(2022)
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism(2012)
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1.pulitzer.org/winners/wesley-morris
2.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/213
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Sexual orientation: homosexuality
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1.poynter.org/business-work/2021/an-essay-about-his-mustache-and-much-much-more-propels-the-new-york-times-wesley-morris-to-the-pulitzer-prize-for-criticism/
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