Don Van Natta Jr.

Don Van Natta Jr. is a Washington correspondent for The New York Times. "He was a reporter for The Miami Herald before joining the Times in 1995, and he has been a member of two Times reporting teams that were awarded the Pulitzer Prize." 

Van Natta co-authored "Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton" (ISBN 0316017426978/ISBN 0316017428) with Jeff Gerth. Published by Little, Brown, and Co., the book is to be released in June 2007.

He is also the author of "First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to Bush" (ISBN-10 1586480081 / ISBN-13 9781586480080) published by PublicAffairs in April 2003.

Book Leave
On January 23, 2006, "The New York Times announced that it would be eliminating the post of Washington editor, the second-in-command slot in the D.C. bureau, and replacing it with a trio of deputy bureau chiefs," The New York Observer reported.

"Initially, Times brass had offered the job to investigative reporter Don Van Natta Jr., but Mr. Van Natta turned it down. ...

"Inside the newsroom, the courtship of Mr. Van Natta—who has worked closely with managing editor Jill Abramson—was viewed by some as an attempt by the masthead to gain greater control over the always-independent Washington bureau. It was also an apparent opportunity for Mr. Van Natta, a rising Times star, to move further on his own potential path toward the masthead.

"But instead, Mr. Van Natta plans to leave the paper in April for a one-year book leave. During that time, he will report and write an investigative biography of Hillary Clinton with Jeff Gerth, who left the Washington bureau via buyout last month."

Profiles

 * Don Van Natta, Jr. in the Wikipedia.
 * Profile: Don Van Natta, Chunshek.com.
 * Archived articles by Van Natta, New York Times; also here.

Articles & Commentary

 * "Van Natta (almost) gets it right," The Daily Howler, December 22, 1998.
 * "Creative accountings," The Daily Howler, June 24, 1999.
 * Joe Conason, "Reversal of Fortune for Starr's Spokesman," The New York Observer, July 16, 2000.
 * Daryl Lindsey, "'I played a risky game'. Spokesman Bakaly's testimony offers a glimpse into Starr's embattled office," Salon, July 18, 2000.
 * Jack Cashill, "Exposing FBI's red herring, part 1," WorldNetDaily, August 30, 2001.
 * Scott Brooks, "Training For The Times," Daily Free Press, April 10, 2002.
 * Transcript: Interview With Don Van Natta, Live From .../CNN, May 6, 2003.
 * S.K., "Off the Record," The New York Observer, January 29, 2006.
 * George Rush and Joanna Rush Molloy,"Hot on Hil's campaign trail: An 'explosive' bio," New York Daily News, March 27, 2007.
 * Motoko Rich, "Rival Books on Hillary Clinton Play Leapfrog on Debut Dates," New York Times (Books), May 22, 2007.
 * Peter Baker and John Solomon, "Books Paint Critical Portraits of Clinton. 2 Biographies Detail Marital Strife and Driving Ambition," Washington Post, May 25, 2007.