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Amanda Bennett Born July 9, 1952 Nationality: American Occupation: Editor Spouses: Donald E. Graham (Married June 30, 2012) Terence B. Foley (9/4/1940-12/14/2007) (Married May 23, 1987) Philip Morrow Oxley (Married 12/31/1976 – Divorced 1/15/1983)

Amanda Bennett is an American journalist and author. She is former editor of two newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Lexington Herald-Leader and author of six nonfication books Contents [hide] 1 Personal Life and Education 2 Journalism Career 3 Books 4 Awards and Honors 5 References

Personal Life and Education [edit source | editbeta] Bennett was born on July 9, 1952 in Cambridge, Mass. and was raised in Boonton, New Jersey. She attended Boonton High School and graduated with a degree in English Language and Literature from Harvard College in 1975, where she was an editor on the Harvard Crimson. She has two children with her late husband, Terence Foley, and four step-children with her husband, Donald Graham, whom she married on June 30, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. She lives in Washington, D.C. Journalism Career[edit source | editbeta] Bennett’s journalism career began at The Harvard Crimson, where she was an editor. Following her 1975 graduation from Harvard College, she worked briefly as a bilingual (French-English) reporter on The Ottawa Citizen in Ottawa, Ontario. She had a 23-year career with The Wall Street Journal, which included reporting stints in Toronto, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and three years as Atlanta Bureau Chief. In 1983 she became the second Wall Street Journal correspondent in China.

In 1987 she shared with her Journal Colleagues a Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for her work on how public health officials mischaracterized the AIDS epidemic in order to secure more public funding and financial support. In 1998 she left the Journal to become a managing editor at The Oregonian, a noted regional newspaper owned by the Newhouse chain and headed by the pioneer journalist, Sandra Mims Rowe. At the Oregonian, she headed the creation of investigative projects. Among the projects she led was a year-long investigation of the $1 billion local asset manager, Capital Consultants, that let to the September, 2000, suit by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the firm and its principal Jeffrey Grayson. The project was reported by veteran investigative reporters Jeff Manning and Jim Long. Bennett also led the Oregonian in an investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that won the paper the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.

In September, 2001, she became editor of The Lexington Herald-Leader, a Knight Ridder paper. Twenty months later, Knight Ridder appointed her the first female editor in the XXX YEAR HISTORY of their flagship paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Bloomberg The Fed Lehman’s Lessons Toxic Exports China and riches Loeb Awards, Overseas Press Club Awards and two Polk Awards

BOOKS

The Death of the Organization Man The Man Who Stayed Behind (with Sidney Rittenberg) The Quiet Room (with Lori Schiller) In Memoriam (with Terence B. Foley) Your Child’s Symptoms (with Dr. John Garwood) The Cost of Hope

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

In 2003 she was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board. In 2010 (check?) she was elected co-chair of the Pulitzer Board. She is on the board of the American Society of News Editors; the board of the Loeb Awards; she is a board member of The Rosenbach Museum, a Philadelphia-based museum of rare books and manuscripts; and of Axis Philly, a nonprofit online Philadelphia news site.

Bloomberg News[edit source | editbeta] After working at The Wall Street Journal for 10 years, Winkler left in 1990 when he co-founded Bloomberg News with Michael Bloomberg and became its editor-in-chief.[8] Originally founded to provide financial bulletins to augment Bloomberg terminal service,[9] Bloomberg News has since grown to include a wire service, a global television network, radio station, website, subscription-only newsletters and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets.[10] In 2011, Bloomberg News included more than 2,300 editors and reporters in 72 countries and 146 news bureaus worldwide.[11] In 1997, Winkler partnered with Michael Bloomberg to write his autobiography, Bloomberg by Bloomberg. The book chronicles the development of Bloomberg, L.P., from niche financial data provider in 1981 to global financial information services and media company 15 years later.[12] The Bloomberg Way[edit source | editbeta] Winkler is known for his enforcement of the "Bloomberg Way," which includes a 300 plus-page guide outlining Bloomberg News reporting standards and its ethics and values.[13] Reporters following the "Bloomberg Way" are instructed to consider the "Five Fs": factual word, first word, fastest word, final word and future word.[14] Awards and Honors[edit source | editbeta] Winkler received the 2003 New York Financial Writers' Association Elliot V. Bell Award for making a "significant long-term contribution to the advancement of financial journalism."[15] In 2007, Winkler was awarded the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award for business and financial reporting[16] and the Gerald Loeb Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes individuals whose careers exemplify "consistent and superior insight and professional skills" to further the understanding of business, finance and the economy.[17] He received the National Council for Research on Women Award in 2010, which recognizes "leaders who are making a difference for women in business, government, higher education, communications and across sectors."[18]

ADDITIONAL LINKS

JEFFREY GRAYSON http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/jeff_grayson_investment_manage.html

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29014-veteran_oregonian_reporter_jeff_manning_leaves_to_.html