Daniel Okrent was born on April 2,1948 and is an American writer and editor.
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14 Facts About Daniel Okrent
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Daniel Okrent is best known for having served as the first public editor of The New York Times newspaper, inventing Rotisserie League Baseball, and for writing several books.
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Daniel Okrent's book Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History.
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In October 2003, Daniel Okrent was named public editor for The New York Times following the Jayson Blair scandal.
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Daniel Okrent has been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
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Since 2017, Daniel Okrent has been listed on the Advisory Board of the Secular Coalition for America.
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Daniel Okrent formulated what has become known as "Okrent's law" in an interview comment he made about his new job.
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Daniel Okrent invented Rotisserie League Baseball, the best-known form of fantasy baseball, in 1979.
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Daniel Okrent was one of the first two people inducted into the Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame.
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Daniel Okrent was still playing Rotisserie as of 2009 under the team name Dan Druffs.
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In May 1981, Daniel Okrent wrote and Sports Illustrated published "He Does It by the Numbers".
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Daniel Okrent believed that the advancement of digital technologies would make it easier for people to read newspapers, magazines and books online.
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In late 1999, Daniel Okrent made a prediction about the future of print media in the Hearst New Media Lecture at the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University.
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