Alex Jones (journalist)
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Alex S. Jones is a Pulitzer Prize
-winning journalist who has been director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard
's John F. Kennedy School of Government
since July 1, 2000. Jones is also a lecturer at the school, occupying the Laurence M. Lombard Chair in the Press and Public Policy.
Jones wrote about the press for The New York Times
from 1983 until 1992 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. He is the author, with his late wife Susan E. Tifft, of The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty, and The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family behind the New York Times--which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. In August 2009, Jones's third book, Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy
, will be released.
From 1995 until 1997 he was host of NPR's "On the Media
," and from 1996 until 2003 he was executive editor and host of PBS
's "Media Matters."
Jones has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University
, and sits on the advisory boards of the Columbia Journalism Review
, the International Center for Journalists, the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies
.
Jones is a member of the Council on the Future of Media.
Jones' family owns The Greenville Sun in Greeneville, Tennessee
.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning journalist who has been director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
's John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
since July 1, 2000. Jones is also a lecturer at the school, occupying the Laurence M. Lombard Chair in the Press and Public Policy.
Jones wrote about the press for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
from 1983 until 1992 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. He is the author, with his late wife Susan E. Tifft, of The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty, and The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family behind the New York Times--which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. In August 2009, Jones's third book, Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy
Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy
Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy by Alex Jones was published in 2009 by Oxford University Press. Alex Jones is the Director of Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.-Premise:...
, will be released.
From 1995 until 1997 he was host of NPR's "On the Media
On the Media
On the Media is an hour-long weekly radio program, hosted by Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone, covering journalism, technology, and First Amendment issues. It is produced by WNYC in New York City...
," and from 1996 until 2003 he was executive editor and host of PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
's "Media Matters."
Jones has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, and sits on the advisory boards of the Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review
The Columbia Journalism Review is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961....
, the International Center for Journalists, the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and Ambassador David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University...
.
Jones is a member of the Council on the Future of Media.
Jones' family owns The Greenville Sun in Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville is a town in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. It is the only town with this spelling in the United States, although there...
.