Guy Gugliotta


Guy Gugliotta is an American journalist and author, based in New York City. He reported for The Washington Post and others.

Career

Gugliotta graduated from Columbia University in 1967. Drafted three months before graduation, he spent two years as a division and watch officer aboard an Atlantic Fleet destroyer and a year as Officer-in-Charge of a river patrol boat in the Mekong Delta. He was awarded three Bronze Stars, two with a combat V.
After Vietnam, Gugliotta returned to Columbia and earned a master's degree in International Affairs at the Columbia University School of International Affairs. He worked for United Press International for six years: as a reporter and editor for the New York local desk; then as UPI's Caribbean News Editor based in Puerto Rico; its chief correspondent in Argentina, where he covered the Dirty War; and as news editor for Brazil. In late 1978, he joined the Latin America Desk of the Miami Herald, covering the Sandinista Revolution, Argentina's Falkland Islands War and World Cup Soccer Championships and was the first U.S. correspondent for a major newspaper to report extensively about the Colombian cocaine cartels. He also covered the Iranian Revolution in 1978-1979, the Iran hostage crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. In 1990 he joined The Washington Post, covering the Gulf War, Congress, including Clinton's impeachment, science and space.

Awards, fellowships and service

Gugliotta is married to Carla Robbins, a university professor and journalist specializing in U.S. defense policy and foreign affairs who has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes. Their daughter Annie Gugliotta is a visual designer.

Publications

As author and/or editor