Robert D. McFadden

Robert Dennis McFadden (born February 11, 1937) is an American journalist who worked for The New York Times from 1961 to 2024. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996. In 1996, he won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting, citing "his highly skilled writing and reporting on deadline during the year". His writing has covered a wide range of topics including plane crashes, hurricanes, strikes, blackouts, government affairs, health, crime, transportation, politics, education, the environment, and mass media. As of his retirement, he was listed as senior writer on the newspaper's Obituaries desk. Because he focused on advance obituaries, written before the deaths of their subjects, he retired with hundreds of obituaries yet to run.

New York Press Club's Byline Award for Spot News Reporting in 1973, 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1989

New York Newspaper Guild's Page One Award for Local Reporting

Peter Kihss Award from the Society of the Silurians

University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Mass Communication