Ted Conover
- National Book Critics Circle Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing.
- Director of NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
- Author of The Routes of Man and Coyotes, where he spent a year traveling with Mexicans crossing the border.
- Ted’s book, Immersion, offers a revealing look into Ted’s unique research methods and offers great stories from his work.
- His latest, Cheap Land Colorado, explores hardscrabble off-grid life on America’s edge, with a cast of memorable characters.
VIDEO: Ted at The Moth: “How We Roll”
Ted has a way of talking about big topics such as prisons, immigration, and infrastructure with engaging stories that captivate everyone in the room.
Ted Conover is a rare gem–his public talks resonate with the same sharpness of insight that he brings to his journalism. We love his visits!
I grew increasingly impressed not only with Conover’s bravery and hardihood--which he underplays--but, more important, with that quality one associates with Steinbeck: heart.