Robert Jon "Rosey" Rosenthal | |
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Born | August 5, 1948 |
Education | University of Vermont |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor |
Spouse | Inez Katherina von Sternenfels (1985–2013) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Irving Rosenthal, Ruth Moss |
Robert Jon "Rosey" Rosenthal (born 1948) is a journalist, former editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer and managing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. [1] Rosenthal currently holds the position of executive director of the Center for Investigative Reporting. [2] He is known for his work as an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent. [3] As an African correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Rosenthal won several journalism awards, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Foreign Correspondence. [3] [4]
Rosenthal is the son of Irving Rosenthal and Ruth Moss. [2] His father, Irving, was Professor of English and communication at the City College of New York; he created the first two journalism classes at the college in 1936. [5]
Rosenthal has two siblings: David, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Risa Finkel, of Huntington, New York. [5]
After graduating from the University of Vermont, where he was a member of the 1970 E.C.A.C. Division II championship ice hockey team, [6] Rosenthal went to work as a news assistant for The New York Times. [2] In the spring of 1971, he was an editorial assistant on the team that produced the Pentagon Papers, which exposed American activities in Southeast Asia. [7] He worked for the paper from 1970 to 1973. [2] From 1974 to 1979, he was a reporter for The Boston Globe. [2]
In 1979, he took a new job as reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he stayed for 22 years. [1] [2] Starting on the city desk, he became the paper’s Africa correspondent in 1982, [2] and also covered conflicts in Lebanon and Israel. He returned to Philadelphia in 1986 and became the paper’s foreign editor. During his five-year tenure as foreign editor, his staff won two Pulitzer Prizes. [3] In 1991, Rosenthal became the city editor. [2]
He became the paper’s executive editor on January 1, 1998. [8] At the time, the Inquirer was the 16th-largest daily newspaper in the United States. [8] During his term, he witnessed staff cuts and money-saving changes to the reporting process, including shorter stories and smaller photographs. Rosenthal left the Inquirer in late 2001. [2] [9] [10]
He then taught classes at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. [11] On September 11, 2002, he became managing editor for the San Francisco Chronicle. [11] He left that position in June 2007. [2]
In 2007, Rosenthal became the executive editor of The Chauncey Bailey Project, a team of journalists working for news outlets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, tasked with investigating the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. [12]
In January 2008, he became executive director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, [1] a nonprofit investigative news agency. [4] Since then, he has overseen the growth of the organization to what is now the largest nonprofit investigative reporting organization in the country, with a staff of 70 and budget of $11 million. [13]
In 1983, Rosenthal received the Third World Reporting Award from the National Association of Black Journalists. [2] In 1986, Rosenthal received the Overseas Press Club Award for magazine writing, the Sigma Delta Chi Award for distinguished foreign correspondence, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in international reporting. [14]
While Rosenthal was managing editor, the San Francisco Chronicle won a Pulitzer Prize for its feature photography. [4] The paper also received the prestigious George Polk Award for its investigative reporting of the BALCO labs and performance-enhancing drugs scandal. [15] From 2002 to 2005, 14 sports writers at the Chronicle were finalists for the Associated Press Sports Editors national award, more than any other paper with a comparable circulation. [15]
While Rosenthal was editor, the Chauncey Bailey Project won awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Online News Association and the National Association of Black Journalists, among others. [16]
The Center for Investigative Reporting has won Society of Professional Journalists Awards, Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards, a Scripps Howard Award, The George Polk Award, and The MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. CIR was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012. [4] [8] [17] [18] [19]
Rosenthal married Inez Katherina von Sternenfels on November 22, 1985. [2] They have three children together: Adam, Benjamin, and Ariella. [2]
Robert Jon "Rosey" Rosenthal | |
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Born | August 5, 1948 |
Education | University of Vermont |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor |
Spouse | Inez Katherina von Sternenfels (1985–2013) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Irving Rosenthal, Ruth Moss |
Robert Jon "Rosey" Rosenthal (born 1948) is a journalist, former editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer and managing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. [1] Rosenthal currently holds the position of executive director of the Center for Investigative Reporting. [2] He is known for his work as an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent. [3] As an African correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Rosenthal won several journalism awards, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Foreign Correspondence. [3] [4]
Rosenthal is the son of Irving Rosenthal and Ruth Moss. [2] His father, Irving, was Professor of English and communication at the City College of New York; he created the first two journalism classes at the college in 1936. [5]
Rosenthal has two siblings: David, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Risa Finkel, of Huntington, New York. [5]
After graduating from the University of Vermont, where he was a member of the 1970 E.C.A.C. Division II championship ice hockey team, [6] Rosenthal went to work as a news assistant for The New York Times. [2] In the spring of 1971, he was an editorial assistant on the team that produced the Pentagon Papers, which exposed American activities in Southeast Asia. [7] He worked for the paper from 1970 to 1973. [2] From 1974 to 1979, he was a reporter for The Boston Globe. [2]
In 1979, he took a new job as reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he stayed for 22 years. [1] [2] Starting on the city desk, he became the paper’s Africa correspondent in 1982, [2] and also covered conflicts in Lebanon and Israel. He returned to Philadelphia in 1986 and became the paper’s foreign editor. During his five-year tenure as foreign editor, his staff won two Pulitzer Prizes. [3] In 1991, Rosenthal became the city editor. [2]
He became the paper’s executive editor on January 1, 1998. [8] At the time, the Inquirer was the 16th-largest daily newspaper in the United States. [8] During his term, he witnessed staff cuts and money-saving changes to the reporting process, including shorter stories and smaller photographs. Rosenthal left the Inquirer in late 2001. [2] [9] [10]
He then taught classes at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. [11] On September 11, 2002, he became managing editor for the San Francisco Chronicle. [11] He left that position in June 2007. [2]
In 2007, Rosenthal became the executive editor of The Chauncey Bailey Project, a team of journalists working for news outlets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, tasked with investigating the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. [12]
In January 2008, he became executive director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, [1] a nonprofit investigative news agency. [4] Since then, he has overseen the growth of the organization to what is now the largest nonprofit investigative reporting organization in the country, with a staff of 70 and budget of $11 million. [13]
In 1983, Rosenthal received the Third World Reporting Award from the National Association of Black Journalists. [2] In 1986, Rosenthal received the Overseas Press Club Award for magazine writing, the Sigma Delta Chi Award for distinguished foreign correspondence, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in international reporting. [14]
While Rosenthal was managing editor, the San Francisco Chronicle won a Pulitzer Prize for its feature photography. [4] The paper also received the prestigious George Polk Award for its investigative reporting of the BALCO labs and performance-enhancing drugs scandal. [15] From 2002 to 2005, 14 sports writers at the Chronicle were finalists for the Associated Press Sports Editors national award, more than any other paper with a comparable circulation. [15]
While Rosenthal was editor, the Chauncey Bailey Project won awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Online News Association and the National Association of Black Journalists, among others. [16]
The Center for Investigative Reporting has won Society of Professional Journalists Awards, Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards, a Scripps Howard Award, The George Polk Award, and The MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. CIR was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012. [4] [8] [17] [18] [19]
Rosenthal married Inez Katherina von Sternenfels on November 22, 1985. [2] They have three children together: Adam, Benjamin, and Ariella. [2]