Welcome to ToddPitock.com

Forbes FYI cover photo and story, Discover cover story by Todd Pitock.

“He is a writer of zest and élan.”
– Christopher Buckley, writing in ForbesLife

Welcome to my website, a work-in-progress that includes a selection of writing samples.

I’m a general feature writer for national magazines. My stories, along with some of my photos that I’ve scattered through the site, have appeared in publications including Discover, Salon, ForbesLife, Golf Digest, Reader’s Digest, Golf Digest, The Discovery Channel Magazine, Jugglezine.com, Salon, Worldhum, the New York Times and the Washington Post, among others.

The subjects are wide-ranging. I’ve interviewed with Nelson Mandela and street gang members in prison, and I’ve ruminated on the challenges of coaching little league and the myriad agonies of golf. I spent three years in South Africa and two in the Middle East, and have reported in several dozen countries, among them Iraq, Libya, Morocco, and Niger.

This year, I won the American Journalists & Authors Award for a profile (honorable mention), which follows the 2008 ASJA Award for reporting on a significant topic and being selected by the New Yorker’s Jerome Groopman for Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 and by the editors of Travelers Tales for Best Travel Writing 2008. Other recent awards include a Solas Award (gold) in 2007 and a Lowell Thomas (gold) in 2006. I’ve been a guest on CBS News, the Fox News Channel, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and Washington Post Radio, among others.

I live outside of Philadelphia.

You can reach me via email at todd@toddpitock.com
or call 610-525-2190