Craig Torres is an American financial journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

, and reporter for Bloomberg News in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

He graduated from Harvard College

Harvard College

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, and was a Bagehot

Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot was an English businessman, essayist, and journalist who wrote extensively about literature, government, and economic affairs.-Early years:...

 Fellow at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...

 in 1989.

Torres worked for a decade at The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

in the 1990s in a variety of jobs ranging from "Heard on the Street" columnist to chief of the paper's Mexico City

Mexico City

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 bureau, where his work on the peso collapse

1994 economic crisis in Mexico

The 1994 Economic Crisis in Mexico, widely known as the Mexican peso crisis, was caused by the sudden devaluation of the Mexican peso in December 1994....

 made the finalist list for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize

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...

 in international reporting.

Torres and Bloomberg colleagues Mark Pittman

Mark Pittman

James Mark Pittman was a financial journalist covering corporate finance and derivative markets. He was awarded several prestigious journalism awards, the Gerald Loeb Award, the George Polk Award, a New York Press Club award, the Hillman Prize and several New York Associated Press awards.-...

, Bob Ivry

Bob Ivry

Robert Ivry is an American financial journalist, and staff reporter for Bloomberg News.He worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Examiner, Bergen Record, of Hackensack, New Jersey....

 and Alison Fitzgerald

Alison Fitzgerald

Alison Fitzgerald is an American financial journalist, and Bloomberg News reporter.She graduated from Georgetown University, and from Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism....

 won the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 2009 related to their work on Federal Reserve disclosure. The four journalists also won 2010 Hillman Prize

The Hillman Prize

The Hillman Prize is a journalism award given out annually by the Sidney Hillman Foundation, named for the noted American labor leader. It is given to "journalists, writers and public figures who pursue social justice and public policy for the common good." Murray Kempton was the first recipient,...

 for newspaper journalism.

Bloomberg News sued the Federal Reserve for disclosure related to separate Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Information Act (United States)

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 (FOIA) requests filed by Torres and Pittman. The requests sought information on financial assistance provided by the Fed during the financial crisis of 2008. The Fed disclosed Torres' component of the FOIA in March 2010, after the U.S. District Court in New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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 held that the Fed should release documents related to Bloomberg's request.

He is a member of the National Press Club.

Awards

• 2010 Hillman Prize
• 2009 George Polk Award
• 1996 Pulitzer Prize
  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...
  
  in international reporting (finalist)