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American journalist
Rebecca Blumenstein
Rebecca Blumenstein, NBC News
Alma mater
University of Michigan Occupation Journalist Years active 1989–present
Rebecca Blumenstein is an American journalist.
[1] She was named President - Editorial of
NBC News on January 10, 2023.
[2] Prior to that, Blumenstein was one of the highest-ranking women in the newsroom at
The New York Times .
[3] She is the chair of the board of the Columbia Journalism Review.
[4]
Biography
Blumenstein attended the
University of Michigan , where she studied for her bachelor's degree in economics and social science while serving as editor in chief of the Michigan Daily .
Blumenstein started her career at the
Tampa Tribune , and then contributed to
Gannett Newspapers and
Newsday .
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[5] Blumenstein started working for the
Wall Street Journal in 1995 as a reporter for
Detroit covering
General Motors ,
[1]
[3] then began covering
China in 2005.
[6] She became The Wall Street Journal's Deputy Editor in Chief in January 2013.
[7] After more than two decades at The Wall Street Journal , Blumenstein joined
The New York Times as the Deputy Managing Editor in February 2017, making her one of the highest ranking women in the newsroom.
[1]
At the Times, she served a variety of roles, including working directly with Publisher A.G. Sulzberger. She also oversaw the evacuation and relocation of over 200 New York Times employees
[8] and family members from Afghanistan. Blumenstein wrote about her role and some of the Afghans' adaptation to life in the USA.
[9] She was appointed President, Editorial of NBC News in January, 2023.
[10]
Blumenstein has reported on General Motors, Detroit, AT&T Corp., WorldCom Inc., the New York State legislature, China, and mergers in the telecommunications industry.
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[6] In 1993, she won the New York Newswomen's Award for coverage of the
Long Island Railroad shootings .
[11] In 2003, her team won the
Gerald Loeb Award for coverage of
WorldCom .
[12] In 2007, her team in China won the
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting .
[3] In 2009, she was named to
Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship.
[7] She received the Gerald Loeb Award's 2015
Minard Editor Award for career contributions to business journalism.
[13]
References
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"Rebecca Blumenstein - NYU Journalism" . NYU Journalism . Archived from
the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-03 .
^ Mullin, Benjamin; Grynbaum, Michael M. (January 11, 2023).
"Rebecca Blumenstein, a Senior Times Editor, Takes a Top Role at NBC News" . The New York Times .
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c Ember, Sydney (2017-02-07).
"Times Names Wall Street Journal Editor to Its Masthead" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-02-04 .
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"About Us" . Columbia Journalism Review .
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"Essexville Garber graduate Rebecca Blumenstein named front page editor of Wall Street Journal" . MLive.com . Retrieved 2018-02-04 .
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"Rebecca Blumenstein: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg" . www.bloomberg.com . Retrieved 2018-02-04 .
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"User Profile - AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network" . AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network . Retrieved 2018-02-04 .
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"Rebecca Blumenstein is Departing The Times" . The New York Times Company . 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2024-04-04 .
^ Blumenstein, Rebecca (2022-08-12).
" 'Day by Day, I Realized I Have the Freedom Here' " . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-16 .
^ Mullin, Benjamin; Grynbaum, Michael M. (2023-01-11).
"Rebecca Blumenstein, a Senior Times Editor, Takes a Top Role at NBC News" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-16 .
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"Bay County native named New York Times deputy managing editor" . MLive.com . Retrieved 2018-02-04 .
^ Matthew Rose Staff.
"Journal Gets Loeb Award For WorldCom Coverage" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 2018-02-04 .
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"UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2015 Gerald Loeb Award Winners" .
UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 24, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2019 .
[1]
Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline and/or Beat Writing (1985–2000)
1985-1989 1990-1999 2000
Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline or Beat Writing (2002)
2002
Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline Writing (2003–2007)
2003–2007
2003:
Rebecca Blumenstein ,
Carrick Mollenkamp ,
Susan Pulliam ,
Jared Sandberg ,
Deborah Solomon ,
Shawn Young ,
Gregory Zuckerman
2004:
Susanne Craig ,
Ianthe Jeanne Dugan ,
Theo Francis ,
Kate Kelly
2005:
David Barboza ,
Steve Lohr ,
John Markoff ,
Gary Rivlin ,
Andrew Ross Sorkin
2006:
Michele Besso ,
Peter Bothum ,
Robin Brown ,
Steven Church ,
Ted Griffith ,
Maureen Milford ,
Jeff Montgomery ,
Gary Soulsman ,
Luladey B. Tadesse ,
Christopher Yasiejko
2007:
Ann Davis ,
Henny Sender ,
Gregory Zuckerman
Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Writing (2001, 2003–2010)
2001; 2003–2009 2010
Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting (2011–2023)
2011–2019
2011:
Daniel Golden ,
John Hechinger ,
John Lauerman
2012:
John Fauber
2013:
Tom Bergin
2014:
Ivan Penn
2015:
Eric Lipton ,
Ben Protess ,
Nicholas Confessore ,
Brooke Williams
2016:
John Carreyrou ,
Michael Siconolfi ,
Christopher Weaver
2017:
Joe Fox ,
Len De Groot ,
Emily Alpert Reyes ,
David Zahniser
2018:
Julia Angwin ,
Hannes Grassegger ,
Je Larson ,
Noam Scheiber ,
Ariana Tobin ,
Madeleine Varner
2019:
Ranjani Chakraborty ,
Peter Gosselin ,
Ariana Tobin
2020–2023
2020 (tie):
Dominic Gates ,
Mike Baker ,
Steve Miletich ,
Lewis Kamb
2020 (tie):
Katherine Blunt ,
Dave Cole ,
Russell Gold ,
Renée Rigdon ,
Yaryna Serkez ,
Rebecca Smith
2021 (tie):
Jenn Abelson ,
Abha Bhattarai ,
Nicole Dungca ,
Kimberly Kindy ,
Robert Klemko ,
Meryl Kornfield ,
Taylor Telford
2021 (tie):
Patience Haggin ,
Cara Lombardo ,
Dana Mattioli ,
Shane Shifflett
2022:
Emily Glazer ,
Keach Hagey ,
Jeff Horwitz ,
Newley Purnell ,
Justin Scheck ,
Deepa Seetharaman ,
Sam Schechner ,
Georgia Wells
2023:
Ian Allison ,
Nick Baker ,
Nikhilesh De ,
Reiller Decker ,
Sam Kessler ,
Cheyene Ligon ,
Sam Reynolds ,
Tracy Wang
(2002–2009) (2010–2019) (2020–2023)