Biography

Jon Katz is known for A Dog Year (2009) and Behind the Lines (1972).

Jon Katz is a former reporter and editor for publications such as the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Washington Post, as well as executive producer for "CBS Morning News," Katz made a radical shift in his life and career that surprised even his family. He now spends most of his week on Bedlam Farm by himself or with his helpers.

Jon Katz was the only full-time foreign correspondent working in Haiti when the deadliest earthquake ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere struck in 2010. He provided the first international alert of the quake and broke numerous stories about the failures of the aid effort.