Michael Winerip has been a staff writer, investigative reporter, national political correspondent, Metro reporter, and deputy Metro editor for The New York Times. In 2000, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his expose in the Times Magazine about a mentally ill New York City man pushng a woman to her death on the subway. In 2001, he played a leading role on the team of reporters who won a Pulitzer for the series “How Race Is Lived in America.” His book on community mental health, 9 Highland Road, was a finalist for the PEN nonfiction award.