Dan Morgan is a journalist, author and former foreign correspondent who has worked at the Washington Post for more than 30 years.  His assignments have included six years in Germany and central Europe, during which he covered the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the 1970 Polish workers uprising that presaged the Solidarity movement and the breakup of the Soviet Union. In Washington, he pioneered his paper's coverage of trade and agriculture issues, leading to the publication of a best-selling book, Merchants of Grain, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1980. Since then, he has covered a variety of economic and political stories, using Congress as a base. His series on technology competition between Japan and the United States won the Loeb Award. He won the Dirksen Award for a series entitled Power and the Purse, which detailed the operations of the congressional appropriations committees. Harvesting Cash, his recent 9-part series in 2006 with Gilbert Gaul and Sarah Cohen, outlined waste and abuse in the farm subsidy program.

Honors:
1980 American Book Award for, "Merchants of Grain." Dirksen Award for, "Power and the Purse." 2007 Pulitzer Nomination, public service for, "Harvesting Cash."

Recent Publications by Dan Morgan
The Farm Bill and Beyond
Prodding the Liberal Agenda With a Pitchfork
The Big Deal
As Farm Bill Nears Vote, Bush Presses for Fewer Subsidies
Emptying the Breadbasket