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Canadian journalist
Susanne Craig is a Canadian investigative journalist who works at The New York Times . She was the reporter who was anonymously mailed Donald Trump 's 1995 tax returns during the 2016 presidential election . In 2018, she was an author of The New York Times investigation into Donald Trump’s wealth that found the president inherited hundreds of millions of dollars from his father, some through fraudulent tax schemes.[1] She won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2019 for this coverage. Craig is also known for her coverage of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and of New York State and New York City government and politics.
Early life and education
Craig was born in Calgary , Alberta , and attended the University of Calgary , graduating in 1991 with a B.A. in Political Science and Government.[2] [3]
Career
Craig began her career as a summer intern for the Calgary Herald in 1990, and was a summer intern for the Windsor Star 1991; her first full-time job was as a reporter for the Windsor Star in Windsor, Ontario .[2]
She originally wrote for The Globe and Mail before becoming a staff writer for the Wall Street Journal .[4] In 2010 she joined the New York Times to continue reporting on Wall Street and was later promoted to bureau chief for coverage of the New York State government.[4] [5] [6] In 2015, Craig left Albany to become the Times' New York City Hall bureau chief.
She is the recipient of the National Newspaper Award in Canada (Business - 1999)[7] and several Gerald Loeb Awards .[8] [9] Additionally, she was the lead journalist on a team that was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for National Affairs Reporting in relation to coverage of the Lehman Brothers and their role in the financial crisis of 2008 .[10]
On October 1, 2016 the New York Times published an article co-authored by Craig, which stated that Donald Trump had reported a loss of $916 million in 1995, which could have allowed him to avoid paying income taxes for up to eighteen years.[11] In subsequent television interviews, Craig identified herself as the reporter who had received a portion of Trump's 1995 tax records in her mailbox from an anonymous sender.[12]
Awards
References
^ Barstow, David; Craig, Susanne; Buettner, Russ (October 2, 2018). "Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .
^ a b "Top 40 Alumni - Alumni - University of Calgary" . Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016 .
^ Rookie reporter wins award, Windsor Star , Windsor, Ontario, 04 Mar 1992.
^ a b "Times names Susanne Craig as Albany, New York bureau chief" . blog.timesunion.com . Times Union (Albany) . October 29, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2016 .
^ "Susanne Craig leaving WSJ for the NYT" . cjr.org . Retrieved September 23, 2016 .
'^ " Journal s Susanne Craig Jumps to New York Times DealBook Section" . [[1] ]. Retrieved September 23, 2016 .
^ a b "Winners since 1949 - National Newspaper Awards" . nna-ccj.ca . Retrieved August 13, 2016 .
^ Cho, Cynthia (June 30, 2004). "Journal Reporters, Editor Are Cited For Loeb Awards" . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved September 23, 2016 .
^ a b "L.A. Times Columnist Wins Loeb Award" . Los Angeles Times . June 30, 2004. Retrieved February 1, 2019 .
^ "Susanne Craig" . topics.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 13, 2016 .
^ "Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found" . The New York Times . October 2, 2016.
^ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/times-reporter-susanne-craig-thinks-tax-documents-are-important-window-n659001
^ "2008 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management" . Fast Company . October 28, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2019 .
^ "Loeb Winners" . UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 29, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2019 .
(2008–2009)
2008: Jenny Anderson , Landon Thomas Jr.
2008 (HM): Katie Merx , Tim Higgins , Tom Walsh , Mark Phelan , Susan Tompor , Sarah A. Webster , Katherine Yung , Joe Guy Collier
2009: Carrick Mollenkamp , Susanne Craig , Serena Ng , Aaron Lucchetti , Matthew Karnitschnig , Dan Fitzpatrick , Deborah Solomon , Dennis K. Berman , Liam Pleven , Peter Lattman , Annelena Lobb
(2010–2019)
2010: Christine Tierney , David Shepardson , Gordon Trowbridge
2011: Tom Lauricella , Peter A. McKay , Scott Patterson , Jenny Strasburg , Robin Sidel , Carolyn Cui , Mary Pilon
2012: Brent Snavely , Greg Gardner , Chrissie Thompson
2013: Thomas Lee , David Phelps , Janet Moore , Paul McEnroe , Tony Kennedy , Patrick Kennedy , Eric Wieffering
2014: Jim Yardley , Julfikar Ali Manik , Steven Greenhouse
2015: Gregory Zuckerman , Kirsten Grind
2016: David Benoit , Jacob Bunge , Dana Cimilluca , Dana Mattioli , Dennis K. Berman
2017: Zanny Minton Beddoes , Henry Tricks , Anton La Guardia , Chris Lockwood , Edward McBride
2018: Mike Isaac , Farhad Manjoo , Kevin Roose , Ashwin Seshagiri
2019: Eliot Brown , Scott Calvert , Peter Grant , Tawnell Hobbs , Katie Honan , Melissa Korn , Douglas MacMillan , Eric Morath , Keiko Morris , Shayndi Raice , Stephanie Stamm , Laura Stevens , Jimmy Vielkind , Lauren Weber
(2020–2023)
2020: Hadra Ahmed , Hannah Beech , Selam Gebrekidan , David Gelles , James Glanz , Thomas Kaplan , Natalie Kitroeff , Jack Nicas , Norimitsu Onishi , Dionne Searcey , Kenneth P. Vogel , Zach Wichter
2021: Dan McCrum , Olaf Storbeck , Stefania Palma , John Reed , Guy Chazan , Laurence Fletcher
2022: Juliet Chung , Gunjan Banerji , Julia-Ambra Verlaine , Caitlin McCabe , Akane Otani
2023: Angus Berwick , Luc Cohen , Lawrence Delevingne , Elizabeth Howcroft , Hannah Lang , Chris Prentice , Koh Gui Qing , Greg Roumelotis , Anirban Sen , Jasper Ward , Tom Wilson
Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline and/or Beat Writing (1985–2000)
1985-1989 1990-1999 2000
Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline or Beat Writing (2002)
2002
Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline Writing (2003–2007)
2003–2007
2003: Rebecca Blumenstein , Carrick Mollenkamp , Susan Pulliam , Jared Sandberg , Deborah Solomon , Shawn Young , Gregory Zuckerman
2004: Susanne Craig , Ianthe Jeanne Dugan , Theo Francis , Kate Kelly
2005: David Barboza , Steve Lohr , John Markoff , Gary Rivlin , Andrew Ross Sorkin
2006: Michele Besso , Peter Bothum , Robin Brown , Steven Church , Ted Griffith , Maureen Milford , Jeff Montgomery , Gary Soulsman , Luladey B. Tadesse , Christopher Yasiejko
2007: Ann Davis , Henny Sender , Gregory Zuckerman
Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Writing (2001, 2003–2010)
2001; 2003–2009 2010
Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting (2011–2023)
2011–2019
2011: Daniel Golden , John Hechinger , John Lauerman
2012: John Fauber
2013: Tom Bergin
2014: Ivan Penn
2015: Eric Lipton , Ben Protess , Nicholas Confessore , Brooke Williams
2016: John Carreyrou , Michael Siconolfi , Christopher Weaver
2017: Joe Fox , Len De Groot , Emily Alpert Reyes , David Zahniser
2018: Julia Angwin , Hannes Grassegger , Je Larson , Noam Scheiber , Ariana Tobin , Madeleine Varner
2019: Ranjani Chakraborty , Peter Gosselin , Ariana Tobin
2020–2023
2020 (tie): Dominic Gates , Mike Baker , Steve Miletich , Lewis Kamb
2020 (tie): Katherine Blunt , Dave Cole , Russell Gold , Renée Rigdon , Yaryna Serkez , Rebecca Smith
2021 (tie): Jenn Abelson , Abha Bhattarai , Nicole Dungca , Kimberly Kindy , Robert Klemko , Meryl Kornfield , Taylor Telford
2021 (tie): Patience Haggin , Cara Lombardo , Dana Mattioli , Shane Shifflett
2022: Emily Glazer , Keach Hagey , Jeff Horwitz , Newley Purnell , Justin Scheck , Deepa Seetharaman , Sam Schechner , Georgia Wells
2023: Ian Allison , Nick Baker , Nikhilesh De , Reiller Decker , Sam Kessler , Cheyene Ligon , Sam Reynolds , Tracy Wang
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
1953–1975 1976–2000
Chicago Tribune (1976)
Acel Moore & Wendell Rawls Jr. (1977)
Anthony R. Dolan (1978)
Gilbert M. Gaul & Elliot G. Jaspin (1979)
Stephen Kurkjian , Alexander B. Hawes Jr. , Nils Bruzelius , Joan Vennochi & Robert M. Porterfield (1980)
Clark Hallas & Robert B. Lowe (1981)
Paul Henderson (1982)
Loretta Tofani (1983)
Kenneth Cooper , Joan Fitz Gerald , Jonathan Kaufman , Norman Lockman , Gary McMillan , Kirk Scharfenberg & David Wessel (1984)
Lucy Morgan , Jack Reed & William K. Marimow (1985)
Jeffrey A. Marx & Michael M. York (1986)
Daniel R. Biddle , H.G. Bissinger , Fredric N. Tulsky & John Woestendiek (1987)
Dean Baquet , William C. Gaines & Ann Marie Lipinski (19)
Bill Dedman (1989)
Lou Kilzer (1990)
Joseph T. Hallinan & Susan M. Headden (1991)
Lorraine Adams & Dan Malone (1992)
Jeff Brazil & Steve Berry (1993)
Providence Journal-Bulletin (1994)
Stephanie Saul & Brian Donovan (1995)
The Orange County Register (1996)
Eric Nalder , Deborah Nelson & Alex Tizon (1997)
Gary Cohn & Will Englund (1998)
Miami Herald (1999)
Sang-Hun Choe , Charles J. Hanley & Martha Mendoza (2000)
2001–2025
David Willman (2001)
Sari Horwitz , Scott Higham & Sarah Cohen (2002)
Clifford J. Levy (2003)
Michael D. Sallah , Joe Mahr & Mitch Weiss (2004)
Nigel Jaquiss (2005)
Susan Schmidt , James V. Grimaldi & R. Jeffrey Smith (2006)
Brett Blackledge (2007)
Walt Bogdanich , Jake Hooker & Chicago Tribune (2008)
David Barstow (2009)
Barbara Laker , Wendy Ruderman & Sheri Fink (2010)
Paige St. John (2011)
Matt Apuzzo , Adam Goldman , Eileen Sullivan , Chris Hawley , Michael J. Berens & Ken Armstrong (2012)
David Barstow & Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab (2013)
Chris Hamby (2014)
Eric Lipton & The Wall Street Journal (2015)
Leonora LaPeter Anton , Anthony Cormier , Michael Braga & Esther Htusan (2016)
Eric Eyre (2017)
The Washington Post (2018)
Matt Hamilton , Harriet Ryan & Paul Pringle (2019)
Brian Rosenthal (2020)
Matt Rocheleau , Vernal Coleman , Laura Crimaldi , Evan Allen & Brendan McCarthy (2021)
Corey G. Johnson , Rebecca Woolington & Eli Murray (2022)
Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2023)