Robert Chartuk was a newspaper reporter in the Hamptons before embarking on a turbulent career in government and politics. His job with NOAA put him in the middle of some of histor...view moreRobert Chartuk was a newspaper reporter in the Hamptons before embarking on a turbulent career in government and politics. His job with NOAA put him in the middle of some of history’s most heartbreaking tragedies: The Flight 800 disaster and the crash of John F. Kennedy, Jr. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Writing Arts from New York’s Oswego College and still lives in his hometown of Center Moriches.view less