Joe Nocera

Early life and education

Nocera was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Journalism from Boston University in 1974.

Career

Early years (1970s–2014)

Nocera became a business columnist for The New York Times in April 2005. In March 2011, Nocera became a regular opinion columnist for The Timess Op-Ed page, writing on Tuesdays and Saturdays. He was also a business commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon.

2015–2024

In November 2015, Nocera began writing in the sports page of The Times. Executives at The Times cited Nocera's interest in sports, specifically injuries to student athletes and business issues in college athletics, as the reason for reassignment to the sports page from the Op-Ed page. In his last column on the Op-Ed page of The Times, Nocera offered his views on several issues unrelated to sports including gun control and Michael Bloomberg's involvement with the issue, Supreme Court terms, education in the United States, e-cigarettes, and election day in the United States.

In January 2017, Nocera began writing a column for Bloomberg View on business, political and other subjects.

Nocera wrote and hosted a podcast entitled The Shrink Next Door in 2019–2021. A case study on the abuse by a psychotherapist towards a patient, the podcast was based on Nocera's neighbors in the Hamptons after he moved there in 2010.{{Citation

In 2021, Blanchard House had set up a partnership with Nocera for Nocera to host some of the shows it had in development.{{Citation

Areas of journalistic interest

Nocera's columns in the New York Times offer perspectives on a wide array of current events. He writes series of columns on specific issues, and often focuses on specific areas of interest to him.

Criticism of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

Since 2011, Nocera has written over 10 columns on the role played by the NCAA in the United States with a view that the NCAA "unfairly exploits college football and men's basketball players" through a "double standard". To support this view, he cites the negative effects NCAA policies may have on student athletes, which include unfair suspensions and financial inducements given to universities that lead to potential conflicts of interest.

Nocera has criticized specific actions and policies, pertaining to intercollegiate athletics, of many universities, including Rutgers University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Alabama, Baylor University, and University of Notre Dame.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/opinion/joe-nocera-alabama-football-follies.html

Support for fracking and Keystone XL

Nocera advocates fracking, which is an economical method for natural gas extraction. that faces widespread debate for its environmental impact. Its critics argue that, by augmenting fossil fuel supply, fracking contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Nocera believes that these concerns are overstated because fossil fuel consumption is driven primarily by demand. Nocera argues that, because fracking has been widely adopted, "the responsible approach is not to wish it away, but to exploit its benefits while straightforwardly addressing its problems".

Nocera also supports the construction of Keystone XL, which would transport fossil fuels from oil sands and shale gas deposits in Canada. For reasons similar to those for fracking, the proposed pipeline has been subject of political debate since it was proposed in 2008. He has been a "longtime supporter of the pipeline" as it would, in his view, help the United States achieve "energy independence".

Republican Party

In an August 2011 column on the US debt ceiling crisis, Nocera compared "Tea Party Republicans" with terrorists, and wrote that they "have waged jihad on the American people" and suggested that they "can put aside their suicide vests". This choice of words was criticized in a number of media outlets, including by Jonah Goldberg of the National Review, Jennifer Rubin of The Washington Post, and Peter Suderman of Reason magazine, along with then White House press secretary Jay Carney. In a follow-up column, Nocera writes "[what] most surprised me is how darned liberal I sound sometimes." He then apologized:

:The words I chose were intemperate and offensive to many, and I've been roundly criticized. I was a hypocrite, the critics said, for using such language when on other occasions I've called for a more civil politics. In the cool light of day, I agree with them. I apologize.

After comparing Congressional negotiations with "hand-to-hand combat", Nocera concluded the column with "I won't be calling anybody names. That I can promise."

Recognition

Nocera earned three John Hancock Awards for Excellence in Business Writing in 1983, 1984, and 1991, respectively. 1996 in the Magazines category for "Fatal Litigation", In 2007, he was named a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary finalist. Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA, which he co-wrote with Ben Strauss, won the 2017 PEN America ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting.

Personal life

Nocera lives in New York City.

Bibliography

References

References

1. (September 16, 2005). "Columnist Biography: Joe Nocera". [[New York Times]].
2. Jeremy W. Peters. (March 1, 2011). "Frank Rich to Leave The Times for New York Magazine". [[The New York Times Company]].
3. "People – Joe Nocera".
4. Mullin, Benjamin. (2015-11-02). "NYT business columnist Joe Nocera joins the sports department". Poynter.
5. Nocera, Joe. (2015-11-03). "And That's My Opinion!". The New York Times.
6. [https://www.bloomberg.com/view/contributors/AB5jPpvf5C4/joe-nocera/articles Joe Nocera profile and columns-links], ''bloomberg.com''. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
7. (2019-06-11). "What It's Like When a Relationship With a Psychiatrist Goes Terribly Wrong".
8. (October 5, 2015). "Joe Nocera – Op-Ed Columnist". New York Times.
9. Joe Nocera. (January 23, 2013). "Living in Fear of the N.C.A.A.". New York Times.
10. Joe Nocera. (January 12, 2015). "Playing College Moneyball". New York Times.
11. Joe Nocera. (April 6, 2013). "Why Rutgers Blinked". New York Times.
12. Joe Nocera. (May 6, 2014). "She Had to Tell What She Knew". New York Times.
13. Joe Nocera. (September 1, 2015). "Baylor, Football and the Rape Case of Sam Ukwuachu". New York Times.
14. Joe Nocera. (September 12, 2015). "Notre Dame's Big Bluff". New York Times.
15. Joe Nocera. (December 3, 2011). "It's Not Just Penn State". New York Times.
16. Joe Nocera. (July 17, 2012). "A Just Penalty for Penn State". New York Times.
17. Joe Nocera. (October 4, 2013). "A Fracking Rorschach Test.html". New York Times.
18. Joe Nocera. (July 14, 2015). "Shale Gas and Climate Change". New York Times.
19. Joe Nocera. (February 6, 2012). "Poisoned Politics of Keystone XL". New York Times.
20. Joe Nocera. (February 10, 2012). "The Politics of Keystone, Take 2". New York Times.
21. (April 28, 2013). "Joe Nocera Still Loves Keystone XL, Is Still Confused About The Basic Economics Of Oil Markets". Think Progress.
22. Joe Nocera. (2011-08-01). "Tea Party's War on America". [[The New York Times]].
23. Allahpundit. (2011-08-02). "Jay Carney: No, it's not appropriate to compare Republicans to terrorists".
24. Jonah Goldberg. (2011-08-02). "To Hell with You People". [[National Review]].
25. Jennifer Rubin. (2011-08-03). "New York Times columnist accuses Tea Party of 'waging jihad'". [[The Washington Post]].
26. Peter Suderman. (2011-08-02). "Tea Party Terrorists, Satan Sandwiches, Global Salvation, and the Worst Law In History: A Guide to Debt Debate Hyperbole". [[Reason (magazine).
27. Joe Nocera. (2011-08-05). "The Tea Party, Take Two". [[The New York Times]].
28. (February 2022}} His contributions to business journalism have been recognized with three [[Gerald Loeb Award]]s: 1983 in the Magazines category for "It's Time to Make a Deal",{{cite web). "Historical Winners List".
29. (June 29, 1983). "Loeb citation for Times".
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33. (2017-03-27). "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners". PEN America.