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James Risen

American journalist
Person Human Q3161373

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
April 27, 1955
Place of birth
Bethesda
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
journalist, writer, reporter
Employer
The New York Times[7]
Educated at
Brown University, Medill School of Journalism, Walter Johnson High School[8][9][10]
Award received
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award[11][12]
Family name
Risen[15]
Given name
James[16]
Has written for
Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik[18]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Risen fa جیمز رایزن ja ジェームズ・ライズン ja ジェームズ・ライゼン ja ジェームズライゼン zh 詹姆斯·瑞森 zh 詹姆斯·雷森
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000063095845
VIAF cluster ID
32233697
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n97111775
GND ID
133305902
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
James risen 5213069.jpg ↗
Awards & Winners artist ID
09pk6b
Babelio author ID
176096
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14532727n
Blätter author ID
james-risen
C-SPAN person numeric ID
19045
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
19045
DDB person (GND) ID
133305902
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
133305902
Freebase ID
/m/09pk6b
Goodreads author ID
108400
IdRef ID
076775763
J9U entity ID
987007424093505171
JRC Names ID
36042
Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
james-risen
NNDB people ID
789/000115444
NUKAT ID
n2005094650
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810554272805606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
177191570
Open Library ID
OL402029A
Quora topic ID
James-Risen
UOM ID
58687
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/d6cf1561-798b-4421-94d8-73d7b00cbfbe

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🔗 Connections
Award received 2
Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
Occupation 2
writer, journalist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Brown University
Employer 1
The New York Times
Given name 1
James
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of birth 1
Bethesda
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

James Risen was born on April 27, 1955[1], in Bethesda[2]. He has worked as a journalist[3], writer[4], and reporter[5].

FAQs

Where was James Risen born?

James Risen's place of birth was Bethesda[2].

What did James Risen do for work?

James Risen worked as a journalist[3], writer[4], and reporter[5].

Where did James Risen go to school?

James Risen was educated at Brown University[8], Medill School of Journalism[9], and Walter Johnson High School[10].

What awards did James Risen receive?

Honors received include Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting[11] and Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . goldsmithawards.org. goldsmithawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . goldsmithawards.org. goldsmithawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . goldfarbcenter.colby.edu. goldfarbcenter.colby.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . Babelio. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57985: Import missing aliases from dewiki 2/3"
  2. 21w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has written for → Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik
    "Created claim: Has written for: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781362639887"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → journalist, writer, reporter
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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