M.Sc. with Honors
Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, 1992
Recipient of two merit awards: The Philip Greer Scholarship Award for Financial Writing and The New York Financial Writers’ Association C. Normal Stabler Scholarship
M.A., French Language & Literature
Middlebury College, 1989
Thesis topic: Le rôle des femmes dans Tristan et Iseult
(The Role of Women in Tristan and Iseult)
B.A., Comparative Literature
Smith College, 1988
Vanity Fair, Condé Nast, New York, NY
Contributing Editor, 2001–present
The New York Times, New York, NY
Contributing Columnist, “Money Trails”, 2003–2005
Fortune, Time Inc., New York, NY
Senior Writer, 1997–1999
Forbes, Forbes Inc., New York, NY
Senior Editor, 1995–1997
Staff Writer, 1993–1995
Fact Checker, 1992–1993
Drug Merchandising, Maclean Hunter Ltd., Toronto, ON
Assistant Editor, 1990–1991
Paris Passion, Paris, France
Editorial Assistant, 1988–1989
How It Happened: Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
Doubleday, 2013
Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner
HarperCollins, 2004
The Art of Clairtone: The Making of a Design Icon, 1958-1971
McClelland & Stewart, 2008
Urbanhound: The New York City Dog’s Ultimate Survival Guide
City & Company, 2001
“Africa Rising”
AirMail, 2020
“Jackie Gilmore”
Honored, 2019
“A First-Hand Look at Atrocity, by a ‘Privileged’ Witness”
The Toronto Star, 2018
“How Warren Buffett’s Son Would Feed the World”
The Atlantic, 2016
“The Met’s Grand Gamble”
Vanity Fair, 2010
“Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard”
Vanity Fair, 2009
“My Father’s Brilliant Mistake”
Canadian Business, 2008
“Jeffrey Sach’s $200 Billion Dream”
Vanity Fair, 2007
“Greenwich’s Outrageous Fortunes”
Vanity Fair, 2006
“Steve Wynn’s Biggest Gamble”
Vanity Fair, 2005
“Don’t Blink. You’ll Miss the 258th Richest American”
The New York Times, 2005
“Steve Case’s New Act: You’ve Got Revolution!”
The New York Times, 2005
“My Generation: Hope I Shop Before I Get Old”
The New York Times, 2005
“Gunslingers No More”
The New York Times, 2005
“If You Don’t Like the Ride, Get Off”
The New York Times, 2005
“The Taking of Time Warner”
Vanity Fair, 2004
“Steve Case, Genius”
The New York Times, 2004
“Power Failure”
Vanity Fair, 2002
“In the Final Analysis”
Vanity Fair, 2001
“Dennis the Menace”
Vanity Fair, 2001
“How I Started a DotCom for Dogs”
The New York Times Magazine, 2000
“The Price of Freedom”
The New York Times Magazine, 2000
“It’s the IPO, Stupid!”
Vanity Fair, 2000
“The Eminence of Excess”
The New York Times Magazine, 1999
“Wall Street Follies”
The New Yorker, 1999
“Yo, Corporate America!”
Fortune, 1998
“Why Women Find Lauder Mesmerizing”
Fortune, 1998
“How Levi’s Trashed a Great American Brand”
Fortune, 1999
“Gap Gets It”
Fortune, 1998
“Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard,” Schools for Scandal: The Inside Dramas at 16 of America’s Most Elite Campuses, edited by Graydon Carter
(Simon & Schuster, 2018), pp. 335–357
“Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard,” The Great Hangover: 21 Takes of the New Recession from the Pages of Vanity Fair, edited by Graydon Carter
(Simon & Schuster, 2010), pp. 229–250
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), 2021-present
The John and Constance Birkelund Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, The New York Public Library, 2020-2021
Outstanding Academic Title Award, Choice, 2019
National Business Book Award, 2014
Albie Award, 2013
Governor General’s Literary Awards, Lionel Gelber Prize, 2013
Henry & Anne Paolucci Book Award, 2013
Excellence in Journalism Merit Award, Silurians Press Club, Arts and Culture Reporting, 2011
Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, Magazine Category, 2010
Front Page Award, New York Newswoman’s Association, In-Depth Magazine Reporting, 2010
Front Page Award, New York Newswoman’s Association, Magazine Feature, 2007
The LCCI Award for the Best Entertainment & Leisure Submission, Business Journalist of the Year Awards, 2004
Front Page Award, New York Newswoman’s Association, Magazine Feature, 2001
The Corporation of London Business Journalist of the Year (Overall Winner in All Categories), 1999
The IFA Association Award for the Best Retail Submission, Business Journalist of the Year Awards, 1999
New York Association of Black Journalists, Magazine Features, 1998
Global Health and Development, Uniformed Services University of the Armed Forces, September 20, 2022
Department of Global Studies, Providence College, Providence, RI, October 28, 2021
Writing Survival, Writing History: The Holocaust in Hungary, Liberation75 (virtual), May 5, 2021
Providence College, Providence, RI, October 8, 2019
The Holocaust and Now: Opening Night Panel Discussion, Holocaust Education Week 2019, Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON, November 3, 2019
How It Happened: Reading and Panel Discussion, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, February 14, 2019
How It Happened: Reading and Panel Discussion, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, December 4, 2018
The Perils of Good Intentions, The Jepson Leadership Forum Lecture, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, February 24, 2016
Inclusive Economies, Inclusive Societies, The International Forum, World University Service of Canada & Centre for International Studies and Cooperation, Ottawa, ON, January 22, 2016
Nina Munk in Conversation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, October 21, 2015
Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, ME, August 14, 2014
Political Economy Project, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, April 15, 2014
Smith College, Northampton, MA, April 14, 2014
Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, February 20, 2014
Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC, February 20, 2014
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, February 10, 2014
Global Development and Population Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA, February 7, 2014
The Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, February 6, 2014
Social Enterprise Institute at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, November 11, 2013
The Union Club, New York, NY, November 5, 2013
Annual Global Health Initiative Guest Lecture Series, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, October 30, 2013
The Rotary Club of New York, New York, NY, October 28, 2013
Lunch & Learn Series, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, September 18, 2013
Tímea Hajdú, “’What was the right thing to do in 1944?’ An interview with Nina Munk,” Neokohn, May 30, 2022
“Q&A with Nina Munk,” University of Toronto Blog, December 2018
Etienne Tabbagh, “L’aide au développement a-t-elle la moindre efficacité?” Spla$h, Nouvelle Écoutes, June 11, 2018
Owen Bardner, “Nina Munk on Jeffrey Sachs,” Development Drums, March 10, 2014
Paul Costello, 1:2:1, Stanford University School of Medicine, February 24, 2014
Russ Baker, “Nina Munk on Poverty, Development, and The Idealist,” EconTalk, The Library of Economics and Liberty, January 27, 2014
Brian Lehrer, “Has Jeffrey Sachs Actually Helped to Ease Poverty?” The Brian Lehrer Show, WYNC New York Public Radio, September 30, 2013
Rob Cox, “Africa Needs a Different Approach to Poverty,” The Exchange, Reuters TV, September 24, 2013
Beverly Thompson and Marci Ien, “When Theory Meets Reality,” Canada AM, CTV News, September 18, 2013
Amy Costello, “Tracking One Man’s Quest to End Extreme Poverty,” Tiny Spark, September 18, 2013
Amanda Lang, The Lang & O’Leary Exchange, CBC TV, September 17, 2013
HuffPost Live, Huffington Post, September 16, 2013
Robert Milburn, “Idealism’s Reality Check,” Barron’s Penta, September 12, 2013
Maria Tremonti, “The Quest to End Poverty,” The Current, CBC Radio, September 10, 2013
Gene Epstein, “Book Discussion on The Idealist,” Book TV, C-Span, September 13, 2013
Michelle Caruso Cabrero, “Metropolitan Opera Woes,” Power Lunch, CNBC, April 9, 2010
Linda Wertheimer, “Harvard University Staggers as Endowment Shrinks,” Morning Edition, NPR, July 20, 2009