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Paul Steiger
Paul Steiger Takes New Post
Paul Steiger, former editor in chief at the Wall Street Journal, will be leading a new organization called ProPublica. The organization will be the nation's largest nonprofit center for investigative journalism. It is backed by Herbert and Marion Sandler, liberal billionaires with close ties to George Soros. They announced in October that they will donate $10 million annually for at least three years and maybe more to create a nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to investigative reporting.
According to Mr. Sandler, the mission of ProPublica will be strictly nonpartisan and "on the side of the underdog." Mr. Sandler says, "I am deeply opposed to wealthy people who exploit the poor, powerful people who prey on the weak, and government representatives who betray the trust of the people they supposedly represent."
The goal of ProPublica is to expose abuses in government, business, universities, nonprofits labor unions. Mr. Steiger told the Sandlers that he would only get involved with the organization if it was truly nonpartisan.
When he asked them what would be their response to a hypothetical article "devastating to the biggest union supporters of the Democratic Party," the Sandlers said, "No problem."
According to Mr. Sandler, the mission of ProPublica will be strictly nonpartisan and "on the side of the underdog." Mr. Sandler says, "I am deeply opposed to wealthy people who exploit the poor, powerful people who prey on the weak, and government representatives who betray the trust of the people they supposedly represent."
The goal of ProPublica is to expose abuses in government, business, universities, nonprofits labor unions. Mr. Steiger told the Sandlers that he would only get involved with the organization if it was truly nonpartisan.
When he asked them what would be their response to a hypothetical article "devastating to the biggest union supporters of the Democratic Party," the Sandlers said, "No problem."
Paul Steiger – A NewsBios “Top 100” Journalist
Paul Steiger, editor-at-large of The Wall Street Journal, is one of the 100 most influential business journalists in the
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Unlike "official" bios and resumes that news organizations and individual reporters provide the public, NewsBios dossiers include all pertinent public information about the reporters and editors it investigates. Frequently, NewsBios turns up controversies in which the journalists have been involved; prior jobs the journalists would sooner forget; family relationships that might bear on how a journalist views a story; or opinions the journalists have expressed in venues other than their own news organization.
Among the most popular profiles sold by NewsBios are those of reporters at The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters and other financial news outlets.
"Companies and their PR agencies understand that these journalists hold great sway over how investors and the public at large view them," says Dean Rotbart, NewsBios founder and executive editor. "With a single story, a reporter making $80,000 a year can impact the market value of a publicly traded company - for better or worse - by hundreds of millions of dollars. So you better know with whom you are dealing."
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The 7,000 existing journalist dossiers are available for only $69.95 each. Custom profiles for journalists who aren't already on file, begin at just $150 each.
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- Justin Baer - Bloomberg News
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- Leslie Cauley - USA Today
- Neil Weinberg - Forbes
- Ransdell Pierson -- Reuters
- Patricia Sellers - Fortune
- Lawrence C. Strauss - Barron's
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Beverly Hills, CA (PRWE
September 14, 2007 -- NewsBios, the popular web service that provides in-depth profiles of influential journalists, says it has now sold more than 7,000 unique journalist dossiers, each of which is available for only $69.95.Unlike "official" bios and resumes that news organizations and individual reporters provide the public, NewsBios dossiers include all pertinent public information about the reporters and editors it investigates. Frequently, NewsBios turns up controversies in which the journalists have been involved; prior jobs the journalists would sooner forget; family relationships that might bear on how a journalist views a story; or opinions the journalists have expressed in venues other than their own news organization.
Among the most popular profiles sold by NewsBios are those of reporters at The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters and other financial news outlets.
"Companies and their PR agencies understand that these journalists hold great sway over how investors and the public at large view them," says Dean Rotbart, NewsBios founder and executive editor. "With a single story, a reporter making $80,000 a year can impact the market value of a publicly traded company - for better or worse - by hundreds of millions of dollars. So you better know with whom you are dealing."
NewsBios, currently celebrating it 20th anniversary, employs professional journalists and researchers to scour public sources of information for every nugget of relevant information about the reporters and editors it profiles. NewsBios' sources include alumni directories and newsletters; professional association membership lists and newsletters; court and property tax records; blogs, social networking sites, paid media newsletters and directories; and its own proprietary databases.
"Doesn't your CEO want to know, before he or she is interviewed by a financial reporter, what that journalist's track record is at the paper?" asks Rotbart. "Believe me, when it comes to a company's reputation, an ounce of prevention really is worth a ton of cure."
"Every week, largely based on word-of-mouth recommendations, we welcome new clients into the fold," says Olivia Mayer, NewsBios' editor. "We are proud that many Fortune 500 companies and dozens of the most respected PR agencies in the country look to us to help them with their media research needs."
One of the services that NewsBios clients most welcome is the fact that if NewsBios doesn't have a journalist's dossier on file, NewsBios is able to build a custom profile rapidly. "While most clients will give us at least 24 hours, when there is an urgent need, we can complete a full NewsBio on the same day, often in a matter of only a couple hours," Mayer says.
"Some of the truths we've uncovered about mainstream journalists would blow your mind," Rotbart adds. "We have umpteen examples of the dictum that says, 'if you think all reporters are pretty much alike, think again.'"
The 7,000 existing journalist dossiers are available for only $69.95 each. Custom profiles for journalists who aren't already on file, begin at just $150 each.
Among the recent best-selling NewsBios are those of:
- Mara der Hovanesian - BusinessWeek
- Matthew Bishop - The Economist
- Justin Baer - Bloomberg News
- David Wighton- The Financial Times
- Andress Ross Sorkin - The New York Times
- Leslie Cauley - USA Today
- Neil Weinberg - Forbes
- Ransdell Pierson -- Reuters
- Patricia Sellers - Fortune
- Lawrence C. Strauss - Barron's
- Dennis K. Berman - The Wall Street Journal
For more information, visit www.newsbios.com or phone 1-866-NEWS-070, ext. 2. Sample profiles are available free of charge to qualified companies and PR agencies.