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.Journal Names Marcus Brauchli Managing Editor - WSJ.com 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.Staff. "Paul Steiger to Wed Jo Ann E. McKenna", The New York Times, February 20, 1964. Retrieved March 6, 2011. 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
1974 Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for "Use by Some Banks of Loan Loopholes Worries Regulators" 1978 Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for "The Dollar: Its History and Current Woes" 2002 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award
References
External links Leadership at Pro Publica Profile at Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Profile at The Knight Foundation