Kathleen Kingsbury

Kathleen Kingsbury is an American Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and editor.[1] She is The New York Times's acting editorial page editor.

Kathleen Kingsbury
OccupationJournalist and editor

Biography

Kathleen Kingsbury grew up in Portland, Ore., and did her undergraduate work at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She was awarded a graduate degree from the Columbia Journalism School, where she had been the recipient of a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship.

Kingsbury worked for Time Magazine as New York-based staff writer and as a Hong Kong-based correspondent.[2] In 2013 Kingsbury joined the editorial board of The Boston Globe.[3][4] She also served as managing editor and frequent contributor to the Globe's Sunday supplement section, Ideas. Kingsbury joined The New York Times in August 2017 as a deputy editorial page editor.[3][5] On June 7, 2020, she was named "as acting Editorial Page Editor through the November election"[6] at The New York Times, replacing James Bennet.[7] She has also contributed to Time, Reuters, The Daily Beast, BusinessWeek, and Fortune.[3][4][8]

In 2015, Kingsbury won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for a series of articles exposing the unfair working conditions facing restaurant workers, including the negative financial effects of the American tipping system, the prevalence of wage theft, and the real human cost of cheap menu items.[1][9][10]

References
  1. Stelter, Brian. "2015 Pulitzer Prize winners named". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  2. [Fortune.https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/kathleen-kingsbury | Fortune "The 2015 Pulitzer Prizes, Journalism: Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe."] accessed January 20.
  3. "New York Times Adds Kathleen Kingsbury as Deputy Editorial Page Editor". Adweek. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  4. "Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe - The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  5. Calderone, Michael (2017-08-03). "New York Times Group Erupts Over Charge Editorial Was Softened At Governor's Behest". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  6. "James Bennet Resigns as Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times; Katie Kingsbury Named Acting Editorial Page Editor". The New York Times Company. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. "New York Times Editorial Page Editor Resigns Amid Uproar, Staff Backlash". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. "Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe - The Pulitzer Prizes". pulitzer.lamptest.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  9. "Katie Kingsbury Wins Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing". Georgetown Alumni Online. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  10. "Pulitzer Prize winner: Consumers can help restaurant workers get fair pay". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
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