Sig Gissler is a Professor at the 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...

 and the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.

Biography

Sig Gissler was born in Chicago. He is a graduate of Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College, founded in 1857, is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. The college has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries....

. He worked for the Libertyville Independent-Register and the Waukegan News-Sun until he joined The Milwaukee Journal as editor in 1967. He then taught at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 and was a senior fellow at the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. In 1994, he became a professor at the 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...

. Since 2002, he has served as the administrator for the Pulitzer Prizes.