Tony Horwitz, who was born in Washington, D.C., graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in history. He received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and was awarded the Richard Baker Prize for excellence in print journalism.

Mr. Horwitz was an education reporter for the Fort Wayne (Indiana) News-Sentinel from 1983 to 1984 and a general assignment reporter for the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald from 1985 to 1987. In September 1987, he became a freelance journalist based in Cairo and contributed to The Wall Street Journal.

In February 1990, Mr. Horwitz joined the Journal's London bureau as a reporter covering the Middle East and other foreign locations. He returned to the U.S. in July 1993. While assigned to the Pittsburgh bureau, he travels and reports on workplace issues from Virginia.