Mark Schoofs
Mark Schoofs is an American journalist and the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. He is also a visiting professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.[1]
He was formerly senior editor at ProPublica from 2011 to 2013, an investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal for over a decade, and head of the investigative reporting division at BuzzFeed News. He previously wrote for The Village Voice, where he won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for an eight-part series on AIDS in Africa.[2][3] Schoofs graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1985 with a degree in Philosophy, and has taught journalism at Yale.[4][5] He has been awarded multiple Science Journalism Awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6][7]
References
- ^ Tracy, Marc (May 5, 2020). "BuzzFeed News Has a New Editor in Chief". The New York Times.
- ^ Bhuiyan, Johana (October 21, 2013). "Buzzfeed hires Pulitzer winner Mark Schoofs to head new investigative unit". POLITICO Media.
- ^ Kaufman, Leslie (October 21, 2013). "BuzzFeed Hires Pulitzer Winner to Head Investigative Unit". The New York Times.
- ^ "Mark Schoofs Joins ProPublica as Senior Editor". ProPublica. July 25, 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "The English Department is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Schoofs". english.yale.edu. November 7, 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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