Paul Steiger Explained

Paul Steiger (born August 15, 1942)^[1] is an American journalist who served as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal from 1991 until May 15, 2007.^[2] After that, he was the founding editor-in-chief, CEO and president of ProPublica from 2008 through 2012.

Steiger was born in the Bronx to a Catholic family and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, and Princeton, New Jersey.^[1] He graduated from the Hun School of Princeton and was a member of Trumbull College at Yale University, where he was an editor of the Yale News and Review and a member of Manuscript Society.^[3] He worked for the Los Angeles Times from 1966 to 1983.^[1]

He is currently the executive chairman of ProPublica.^[4] He chaired the Committee to Protect Journalists and has won numerous journalism awards.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.^[5]

Awards

1974 Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for "Use by Some Banks of Loan Loopholes Worries Regulators"^[6] ^[7]
1978 Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for "The Dollar: Its History and Current Woes"^[8]
2002 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award^[9] ^[10]

Notes and References

Web site: So what do you do, Paul Steiger, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica? . Mediabistro.com . February 13, 2008 . David S. . Hirschman . January 1, 2015 .
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117692395703074442 Journal Names Marcus Brauchli Managing Editor - WSJ.com
Staff. "Paul Steiger to Wed Jo Ann E. McKenna", The New York Times, February 20, 1964. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
Web site: Leadership.
Web site: Council on Foreign Relations.
Web site: Historical Winners List . January 31, 2019 . UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Web site: June 18, 1974 . Winners selected for Loeb Awards . February 6, 2019 . . 58.
News: More honors. . May 29, 1978 . . February 14, 2019 . XCVII . 10 Part III . Newspapers.com.
News: Journal reporters win Loeb for Enron Coverage . June 26, 2002 . . B6.
Web site: School presents coveted news awards . Lowe . Mary Ann . June 25, 2002 . . February 26, 2019.