 He has been a Pulitzer finalist on two other occasions and has won numerous additional journalism awards, including the 1997 George Polk Award, an Investigative Reporting & Editors (IRE) gold medal, two Selden Ring awards for investigative journalism, and two Overseas Press Club awards.Cohn is a native of Brooklyn, New York.He graduated "summa cum laude" from the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a BA in psychology and political science.