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Gene Roberts
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Born c. 1933
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Occupation journalist, professor of journalism
Title Professor of Journalism, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park,Md.
Spouse Susan McLamb Roberts
Children Leslie Roberts, Maggie Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Polly Roberts
Notable relatives sister, Peggy Ellis; grandchildren, Emma Roberts Zevin; Wiley Roberts Guillot
Notable credit(s) The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer,books:The Race Beat(with Hank Klibanoff, The Censors and the Schools (with Jack Nelson), Assignment America, (with David Jones); Leaving Readers Behind (with Thomas Kunkel and Charles Layton), Breach of Faith(with Thomas Kunkel)(book

Gene Roberts is an American journalist and professor of journalism. The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Roberts was executive editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1972 to 1990 and managing editor of The New York Times from 1994 to 1997. The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United

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Background

Although famously a man of few spoken words, Roberts is widely viewed by his peers as among the most influential of late 20th Century journalists. He is credited with reviving the Philadelphia Inquirer and leading it from a second-place daily to one of the best regional newspapers in the country. Largely, he did this by recruiting young, talented journalists and then giving them a free hand both in time and space to write compelling investigative stories under the tutelage of senior editors. Such nationally known writers as Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) and Richard Ben Cramer (What It Takes) worked at the Inquirer. Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American Writer. Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War is a book by Mark Bowden chronicling the U Richard Ben Cramer (b 12 June 1950 is an American journalist and writer Perhaps the most famous and longest lasting investigative team ever — Jim Steele and Don Barlett — flourished under Roberts. James B Steele (born January 3, 1943) is an American Investigative journalist and author Donald Barlett (born July 17, 1936) is an American Investigative journalist and author The Inquirer won 17 Pulitzer Prizes during his 18 years as executive editor.

Roberts grew up in North Carolina and worked for newspapers in Goldsboro,N. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States C. , Norfolk, Va. . Raleigh, N. C. and Detroit. He covered the Kennedy Assassination in Dallas for the Detroit Free Press and also covered the civil rights movement as a correspondent for The New York Times, where he also served as Saigon bureau chief in 1968. The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily Newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. See also Protests of 1968 Historically the civil rights movement was a concentrated period of time around the world of approximately twenty years (1960-1980 in Before heading The Philadelphia Inquirer, he went on to become national editor at the Times. Later, after retiring from his post at the Inquirer, he returned to the Times from 1994 to 1998 as managing editor.

Roberts has taught journalism from 1991 to 1994 and 1998 to the present at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism is a Journalism school located at the University of Maryland College Park. The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research

He is on the board of directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists and served five years as its chairman; he also served as chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board, the International Press Institute, and the Board Of Visitors of the School of Communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ is an independent nonprofit organization based in New York New York, United States The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, International Press Institute (IPI is a global organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of Press freedom and the improvement The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research

Awards

Roberts, along with co-author Hank Klibanoff (managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution), won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize[1] for History for their book The Race Beat. Hank Klibanoff (born in Alabama) is an editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily Newspaper in Atlanta Georgia, USA and its suburbs. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, In it, Roberts and Klibanoff chronicled the civil rights struggle in America and the role the press played in bringing it to the forefront.

Roberts received the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism in 1993[2]. The National Press Club is one of the world's leading professional organizations for journalists The term Fourth Estate refers to the press, both in its explicit capacity of advocacy and in its implicit ability to frame political issues

Personal

Roberts earned an associate's degree from Mars Hill College in North Carolina. An associate degree is an Academic degree awarded by Community colleges Junior colleges four-year Universities, Business colleges Mars Hill College is a private Coed, Liberal-arts college affiliated with the North Carolina Baptist Convention He went on to receive his B. A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1954 and was later a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University[3]. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research The Nieman Fellowship is an award given to mid-career journalists by The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ The Pulitzer Prizes
  2. ^ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Board of Directors
  3. ^ Interview with Gene Roberts on JournalismJobs.com
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ is an independent nonprofit organization based in New York New York, United States
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