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Walter V. Robinson is an American journalist and journalism professor. He led the Boston Globe's coverage of the Roman Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal, for which the newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Robinson was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Investigative Reporting in 2007.[1][2]
He graduated from Boston College High School, and Northeastern University. He was assistant managing editor from 1993 to 1996. He was the paper's roving national and foreign correspondent, from 1997 to 1998. He covered four presidential elections, was the Globe's White House correspondent and was the newspaper's Middle East Bureau Chief during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991.
Robinson teaches journalism at Northeastern University.[3][4] He has been a journalism fellow at Stanford University. Robinson is the recipient of honorary degrees from Northeastern University and Emerson College in Boston.
[edit] Awards
The Globe won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, and the 2002 Investigative Reporters and Editors award. He was awarded the 1999 public service award by the Archaeological Institute of America.
[edit] References
- ^ "Boston Globe / Spotlight / Abuse in the Catholic Church". Boston.com. http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/bios/robinson.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "Walter V. Robinson, Globe Spotlight Team leader, to teach at Northeastern - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe". Boston.com. 2006-08-03. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2006/08/walter_v_robins_1.html. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "BOSTON GLOBE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST WALTER V. ROBINSON NAMED DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY". 08-07-2006. http://www.northeastern.edu/research/announcement/?id=15. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ "School of Journalism > Investigative Reporting". Northeastern.edu. http://www.northeastern.edu/journalism/investigative/. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
[edit] External links
- "Interview with the Boston Globe's Walter V. Robinson", The New England Journal of Higher Education, Fall 2001
