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David Simon

Journalist and television writer best known for creating the HBO series The Wire and Treme. He is a former journalist at The Baltimore Sun. His newest project is the mini-series Show Me a Hero, now airing on HBO.

StoryAug 26, 2015

Two Separate Americas: David Simon’s New Mini-Series Looks at “Hypersegregation” in Public Housing

StoryAug 26, 2015

David Simon on Katrina Anniversary: New Orleans “May Be the Greatest Gift We Have to Offer”

StoryAug 26, 2015

The Drug War Has to End: David Simon on “The Wire” & Over-Policing of the Poor

StoryMay 07, 2009

David Simon, Creator of Acclaimed HBO Series “The Wire”: As Profit Motive Guts Newspapers, Communities Lose Out

StoryNov 06, 1997

David Simon & Deandre McCullough on “The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood” Pt 2

StoryNov 05, 1997

David Simon & Deandre McCullough on “The Corner: A Year in the Life an Inner-City Neighborhood”

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