Gerard Colby (earlier known as Gerard Colby Zilg) is a former vice-president of the National Writers Union where he is/was quite active by having various chair positions. From 1997-2001 he had the chair of the Vermont section.
He worked on ..
- "Du Pont: Behind The Nylon Curtain" (1974) as the author. The book was the subject of a landmark federal case that won promotional rights for authors. It was re-released as "Du Pont Dynasty" in 1984.
- "Thy Will Be Done, the Conquest of the Amazon" (1995) as co-author with Charlotte Dennett.
- "Into The Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press" (2002) as collaborator. The book is an anthology on the current state of investigative journalism in the US and was a Amazon.com top ten best seller.
In 2003 he got the "National Press Club's Arthur Rouse Award for Press Criticism" for the book "Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press (Prometheus Books, 2002)" that was edited by the co-award winner Kristina Borjesson.
Colby was on radio and television and lectured at colleges and national conferences.
He lives in Burlington, Vermont.
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