Jane Spencer is an American journalist, and Deputy Editor of Guardian US, where she oversees editorial strategy and newsroom innovation. Previously, she was Editor-in-chief of Fusion Media Group, a millennial-focused cable and digital network owned by Univision. She was one of the founding editors of The Daily Beast, where she worked as Executive Editor until 2012.[1][2]
Before launching The Daily Beast in 2008, Spencer was a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal based in Hong Kong, where she reported on environmental issues and technology. She was part of a team of seven WSJ reporters that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting,[3] for a series of stories on China's "Naked Capitalism", which explored the health and environmental consequences of the nation's economic boom.[4]
Spencer was the founding writer of The Wall Street Journal "Weekend Adviser" column in 2004. She covered the September 11 attacks for Newsweek in 2001.
She was awarded a 2013 Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, where she focused on innovation in digital storytelling and new media business models.[5] She has taught multimedia storytelling at the University of California, Berkeley Knight Digital Media Center.[6] Spencer graduated from Brown University,[7] and is a native of Portland, Maine.[8]
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Awards
- 2007 Pulitzer Prize For International Reporting,[3] shared with team of seven.
- 2007 Society of Publishers in Asia Excellence in Feature Writing[9]
- 2007 Society of Publishers in Asia, Honorable Mention, Environmental Reporting[9]
- 2008 Global Health Council Excellence in Media Award[10]
- 2011 Front Page Award for Multimedia, The Newswoman’s Club of New York[11]
- 2012 Webby Award for Best News Site, The Daily Beast[12]
- 2012 National Magazine Award for Digital Media, Best Site Section (The Daily Beast, Book Beast[13]
- 2013 Nieman Fellowship, Harvard University[5]
References
- ^ "Jane Spencer". The Daily Beast. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Big Changes at Newsweek/The Daily Beast - FishbowlNY". Mediabistro.com. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ a b "Wall Street Journal Wins Pair of Pulitzers - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "The 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winners: International Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-31. With reprints of ten works (2006 articles) led by Shai Oster and Spencer, "A Poison Spreads Amid China's Boom", WSJ, 2006-09-30.[1]
- ^ a b Benton, Joshua (2013-10-24). "Announcing the 75th class of Nieman Fellows » Nieman Journalism Lab". Niemanlab.org. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Multimedia Storytelling Institute 2013 | kdmcBerkeley". Multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "WBRU - News Station of the Year". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Waynflete School ~ Jane Spencer '94 Wins a Pulitzer Prize". Waynflete.org. 2007-05-25. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ a b "Awards & Accolades | The Asia Edition of The Wall Street Journal - Media Guide 2013". Wsj-asia.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Director presents global health award". Pulitzer Center. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Newswomen's Club of New York | 2011 FPA Winners". Newswomensclubnewyork.com. 2012-03-04. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "'Daily Beast' Wins Best News Site". The Daily Beast. 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Wired, Time, Daily Beast, more, win Digital Media awards". TechJournal. 2012-03-21. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
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