David Bornstein is a journalist and author who specializes in writing about social innovation. He has written three books on social entrepreneurship. He is the founder of Dowser.org, a news site that reports on social innovation.
He was awarded the 2007 Human Security Award for work in social entrepreneurship on October 25, 2007 which is given annually by the Coalition Advocating Human Security, a program of the University of California Irvine. He also received the 2008 Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.