He has worked for The Seattle Times, The New York Times and
Reuters and has served on the board of
Investigative Reporters and Editors.[5] Since 2010 he has taught investigative reporting at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[6] Wilson joined The New York Times in 2004. During his time there, Wilson covered topics such as pharmaceutical and tobacco industries along with sports-related investigations, mainly steroids. One article he wrote about the
Duke Lacrosse Case garnered criticism, as the case unraveled.[7][8] Prior to working for The Times, he worked as an investigative projects reporter for
The Seattle Times since 1989. Before working here, he worked for the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Associated Press. At the Seattle PI, Wilson wrote that paper's story about
Gary Little. Wilson is also a webmaster of Reporter's Desktop.[4]
Family
Wilson's father and brother published a weekly newspaper in
Washington.[4] He has two children with Barbara Wilson, a high school teacher.