Paul Steiger

Paul Steiger
Steiger in 2022
Born (1942-08-15) August 15, 1942 (age 84)
New York City, U.S.
EmployerProPublica

Paul Steiger (born August 15, 1942) is an American journalist who served as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal from 1991 until May 15, 2007. 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 Roman Catholic family and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, and Princeton, New Jersey. 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 Daily News and a member of Manuscript Society. He worked for the Los Angeles Times from 1966 to 1983.

He is currently the executive chairman of ProPublica. He chaired the Committee to Protect Journalists and has won numerous journalism awards. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

His daughter, Laura Yanovich, is a film editor.

Awards

References

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  3. ↑ Staff. "Paul Steiger to Wed Jo Ann E. McKenna", The New York Times, February 20, 1964. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Leadership".
  5. ↑ "Council on Foreign Relations".
  6. ↑ "Laura Steiger, Michael Yanovich". The New York Times. January 16, 2005. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Historical Winners List". UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Winners selected for Loeb Awards". The New York Times. June 18, 1974. p. 58. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ "More honors". Los Angeles Times. Vol. XCVII. May 29, 1978. p. 10 Part III. Retrieved February 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Journal reporters win Loeb for Enron Coverage". The Wall Street Journal. June 26, 2002. p. B6.
  11. ↑ Lowe, Mary Ann (June 25, 2002). "School presents coveted news awards". UCLA. Retrieved February 26, 2019.