Jim Dwyer (born March 4, 1957) is an American journalist who is a reporter and columnist with The New York Times, and the author or co-author of six non-fiction books.
A native New Yorker, Dwyer wrote columns for New York Newsday and the New York Daily News before joining the Times.
He graduated from the Loyola School (New York City), earned a bachelor's degree in general science from Fordham University in 1979 and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1980.
He appeared in the 2012 documentary film Central Park Five and was portrayed on stage in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy [2013].