Bio
David Neiwert is a freelance journalist and author based in Seattle and a fourth-generation Northwest native. A veteran reporter and editor, his work has appeared in The Washington Post, MSNBC, Salon.com, the Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report, and numerous regional publications. His reportage on domestic terrorism for MSNBC won a National Press Club Award in 2000 for distinguished online journalism. He is the author of In God’s Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest and Capricious Earth: The Rise and Fall of a Japanese-American Community.
Project Description
Like the successful film Boys Don’t Cry and the award-winning best-seller Death in Texas, Neiwert’s Death on the Fourth of July (Palgrave/St. Martin’s, Fall 2004) explores the deeper nature of hate crimes by focusing on an unusual case that rocked a small community and sent reverberations throughout the nation—the Ocean Shores case in which a victim of a hate crime ended up killing the perpetrator. Neiwert’s narrative examines the myths surrounding hate crimes, delineating exactly what a "hate crime" is and what it is not. In short, Neiwert’s book will be the first to fully explore a growing problem that is tearing the very fabric of America.
