Pulitzer Winner to High School Students: 'Look for Stories That You Can't Put Down'
The journalism credentials of this particular East Carolina University visiting scholar are hard to beat. During Gene Roberts’ 18 years as executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the paper won 17 Pulitzers.
The East Carolina native is also an author and former national and managing editor of the New York Times. Given how he was weaned, it’s no surprise that he went on to such an illustrious print media career:
“My earliest memories are of the newspaper business,” said Roberts, whose father was a teacher, minister and newspaper publisher.
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