Rick Reiff
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Richard "Rick" Reiff is a Pulitzer Prize
-winning journalist based in Orange County, California
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He is executive editor of the Orange County Business Journal
, a California business weekly, and author of its "OC Insider" column.
He is also the host and executive producer of the weekly "Inside OC" program on PBS SoCal KOCE-TV (Los Angeles/Orange County), the nation’s second-most watched public television station.
Reiff was born May 30, 1952 on Chicago’s North Side to parents of German and Italian ethnicity. He graduated from the city’s Lane Tech High School in 1970. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
in 1974. He spent a year at the Norwalk (Ohio) Reflector before joining the Akron Beacon Journal in 1975. In 1986 he was lead reporter for the paper’s coverage of the battle between Goodyear Tire and corporate raider James Goldsmith
"Jimmy", which received the 1987 Pulitzer Prize
for general news reporting.
He joined American City Business Journals later in 1987, where he served as managing editor of Business First in Columbus, Ohio and editor of the Westchester (N.Y.) Business Journal. In 1988 he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. In 1990 he became editor of the Orange County Business Journal
and in 2000 was named executive editor.
In 2001 Rick received a Golden Mike Award for Best Original News Commentary from the Radio & TV News Association of Southern California. He launched the weekly talk show, “Inside OC”, on KOCE-TV in 2004.
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 based in Orange County, California
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
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He is executive editor of the Orange County Business Journal
Orange County Business Journal
The Orange County Business Journal is a weekly print and online newspaper covering business in Orange County, California. The paper is the second largest business journal in California after the Los Angeles Business Journal....
, a California business weekly, and author of its "OC Insider" column.
He is also the host and executive producer of the weekly "Inside OC" program on PBS SoCal KOCE-TV (Los Angeles/Orange County), the nation’s second-most watched public television station.
Reiff was born May 30, 1952 on Chicago’s North Side to parents of German and Italian ethnicity. He graduated from the city’s Lane Tech High School in 1970. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in 1974. He spent a year at the Norwalk (Ohio) Reflector before joining the Akron Beacon Journal in 1975. In 1986 he was lead reporter for the paper’s coverage of the battle between Goodyear Tire and corporate raider James Goldsmith
James Goldsmith
Sir James Michael "Jimmy" Goldsmith was an Anglo-French billionaire financier and tycoon. Towards the end of his life, he became a magazine publisher and a politician. In 1994, he was elected to represent France as a Member of the European Parliament and he subsequently founded the short-lived...
"Jimmy", which received the 1987 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...
for general news reporting.
He joined American City Business Journals later in 1987, where he served as managing editor of Business First in Columbus, Ohio and editor of the Westchester (N.Y.) Business Journal. In 1988 he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. In 1990 he became editor of the Orange County Business Journal
Orange County Business Journal
The Orange County Business Journal is a weekly print and online newspaper covering business in Orange County, California. The paper is the second largest business journal in California after the Los Angeles Business Journal....
and in 2000 was named executive editor.
In 2001 Rick received a Golden Mike Award for Best Original News Commentary from the Radio & TV News Association of Southern California. He launched the weekly talk show, “Inside OC”, on KOCE-TV in 2004.