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Lisa Belkin is an American journalist and author. She is best known for Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption, her 1999 book about a public housing battle in Yonkers, New York. Her first book, First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital, was a New York Times 1993 Notable Book of the Year. Belkin has worked as a journalist for Yahoo News, The New York Times, and HuffPost. She hosted a radio show on XM, an outgrowth of her "Life's Work" column.

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  • Lisa Belkin is an American journalist and author. She is best known for Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption, her 1999 book about a public housing battle in Yonkers, New York. Her first book, First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital, was a New York Times 1993 Notable Book of the Year. Belkin has worked as a journalist for Yahoo News, The New York Times, and HuffPost. She hosted a radio show on XM, an outgrowth of her "Life's Work" column. (en)
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  • Lisa Belkin is an American journalist and author. She is best known for Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption, her 1999 book about a public housing battle in Yonkers, New York. Show Me a Hero received positive reviews. Publishers Weekly wrote that it was a "vivid slice of urban politics, racial tension and the difficulties inherent in realizing the American dream." Kirkus Reviews declared it a "riveting policy chronicle and cautionary tale that illustrates the urgency of rethinking our public housing policy." The New York Times praised Belkin for maintaining a reportorial objectivity. Show Me a Hero served as the basis for the 2015 HBO miniseries, starring Oscar Isaac. Her first book, First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital, was a New York Times 1993 Notable Book of the Year. Belkin has worked as a journalist for Yahoo News, The New York Times, and HuffPost. She hosted a radio show on XM, an outgrowth of her "Life's Work" column. She is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia's School of Journalism. (en)
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