David Finkel, 56, Washington, D.C.

A journalist who serves as national enterprise editor at The Washington Post, Finkel has excelled in long-form writing and editing. His book "The Good Soldiers" (2009) documents his tour with a U.S. Army infantry battalion on the front lines in Iraq. A follow-up work, currently in progress, studies the lives these soldiers lead in trying to re-establish themselves back home.

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( Home Front Communications / October 1, 2012 )

A journalist who serves as national enterprise editor at The Washington Post, Finkel has excelled in long-form writing and editing. His book "The Good Soldiers" (2009) documents his tour with a U.S. Army infantry battalion on the front lines in Iraq. A follow-up work, currently in progress, studies the lives these soldiers lead in trying to re-establish themselves back home.

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