Joseph Sexton
Joseph Sexton | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1960 |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) |
| Occupation | News editor |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times, United Press International, The City Sun |
Joseph Sexton is an American journalist who has been a senior editor at ProPublica since 2013.[1] Formerly, he was a metropolitan news editor at The New York Times for seven years. Before that, he had been deputy metropolitan news editor since 2003.[2]
As deputy metropolitan news editor for investigations and enterprise, Sexton oversaw a series of reporting by Clifford J. Levy on the abuse of mentally ill adults in group homes in New York which won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2003.[3]
Education
Sexton studied Irish politics, history and literature at the School of Irish Studies in Dublin, Ireland in 1980, then received a B.A. degree in English from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1982.[3]
Career
In 1984 Sexton was a founding member of The City Sun, an African American weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn that was co-founded by Andrew W. Cooper. The City Sun ceased publication in 1996. He has also worked for The Record, The Post-Standard and United Press International.[3] Sexton's work has also been published in Pacific Standard, HuffPost, and The National Memo newsletter.[4][5]
Sexton joined the Times in 1987 as a sports reporter, covering major league baseball and the National Hockey League.[3] While working for The New York Times, Sexton covered the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, 2012 Summer Olympics, Penn State child sex abuse scandal, and other stories.[6][7]
Sexton also worked as a reporter for the metropolitan desk and as an enterprise editor for the sports desk.[3]
Bibliography
Anthologies
- McGuane, Thomas; and Stout, Glenn. The Best American Sports Writing 1992. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-60340-4 ISBN 978-0395603406
References
- ^ Staff, Capital. "The 60-Second Interview: Joe Sexton, Senior Editor of ProPublica". POLITICO Media. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Joe Sexton Appointed Senior Editor at ProPublica". ProPublica. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ a b c d e The Times Selects a Metro Editor. The New York Times, 27 January 2006.
- ^ "Joe Sexton | Freelance Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ Sexton, Joe. "Articles by Joe Sexton". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Joe Sexton". ProPublica. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Tinkerer-in-Chief Bolts Times: Joe Sexton's Innovative, Profane Reign". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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