M. E. Sprengelmeyer

Michael E. Sprengelmeyer (who uses the byline M.E. Sprengelmeyer) is an American newspaper reporter. For the Rocky Mountain News, he covered the Iraq War and the 2008 US presidential campaign.[1] At the time the Rocky closed (February 2009), he was its Washington, D.C. correspondent.[2]

Education

Sprengelmeyer obtained his degree from Northwestern University in 1989.

Career

Sprengelmeyer worked in the Rocky's Washington bureau since 2001. In 2002, he traveled with the US Marines in the war in Afghanistan.[3]

In August 2009, Sprengelmeyer bought the weekly New Mexico Guadalupe County Communicator and became its owner, publisher, editor, and primary writer.[2]

Personal

Outside from reporting, he was once a Wrigley Field usher, accordion player, and played in a band called "News Hole".[3] Michael Sprengelmeyer became "M.E." twenty years ago when he realized that his full name would not fit in a column width.[4]

References

1. Sprengelmeyer, M.E. "Back Roads to the White House". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
2. Pérez-Peña, Richard (October 11, 2009). "A Reporter With a 'Tom Sawyer Business Plan' Buys a Newspaper". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
3. "M.E. Sprengelmeyer". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
4. Perez-Pena, Richard. "A Reporter With a 'Tom Sawyer Business Plan' Buys a Newspaper". New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

Further reading

• Sprengelmeyer, M.E. (December 16, 2006). "Sure it's a big suit to fill, but I'm just the man for the job". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
• Foreman, Tom (May 17, 2010). "Building Up America: Newspaper survives when others fail". CNN. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
• Higgs Nenad, Deena (February 17, 2011). "Extra, Extra, Read All About It". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved April 29, 2011.

External links

• The Guadalupe County Communicator