An Evening with Russell Gold, Investigative Journalist, Wall Street Journal
Author of “The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World”
One hundred wells a day. That is the number of wells that are drilled and hydraulically fractured – or fracked – every day in the United States.
In The Boom, Wall Street Journal reporter Russell Gold chronicles the rise of this once-obscure oilfield technology, a story that answers a critical question of our time: where will the energy come from to power the world – and what price will we have to pay for it. It is a commanding piece of journalism, an astounding study of human ingenuity, and an epic work of storytelling.
From his first visit to a “frack pad” in 2003, Gold chronicles the rise of fracking and how it touches all of our lives. Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but these arguments obscure the true story of how fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and global economy. This is the story that Gold tackles in The Boom, a book that will change the way you look at energy.
Date: February 4, 2015
Location: Charlotte City Club (121 W. Trade St.) – Directions
Pre-Dinner Networking: 6:00 – 6:30 P.M.
Dinner: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $175 – includes pre-dinner wine, salad, entree, dessert, coffee and photo-op with Russell Gold
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Biography
Russell Gold is an award-winning investigative journalist at The Wall Street Journal. He started his journalism career at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the San Antonio Express-News. In 2000, he joined The Wall Street Journal and covered Texas and economics, before switching to energy in 2002. His reporting has taken him to five continents and above the Arctic Circle two times.
In 2010, he was part of the Wall Street Journal team that covered the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. The Journal’s work was award the Gerald Loeb Award for best business story of the year and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting. His book, The Boom, was longlisted for the FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the year prize in 2014.
He earned a B.A. in history from Columbia University in 1993. He lives in Austin with his wife and two children.