Jane Spencer (journalist)

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Jane Spencer is an American journalist who was is one of the founding editors of The Daily Beast. [1] She worked as executive editor of the site until 2012. [2]

Before joining The Daily Beast in 2008, Spencer was a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal based in Hong Kong, where she reported on environmental issues and technology. She was part of a team of seven reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize [3] for international reporting in 2007 for a series of stories on China’s “Naked Capitalism,” which explored the health and environment and consequences of the nation’s economic boom. [4]

Spencer was the founding writer of The Wall Street Journal’s “Weekend Adviser” column in 2004, which chronicled the entertainment industry,and worked as a staff reporter in New York. She covered the September 11th attacks for Newsweek Magazine in 2001.

She was awarded a 2013 Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, where she focused on innovation in digital storytelling. [5] She speaks frequently about the future of digital media, and has taught multimedia storytelling at the University of California, Berkeley Knight Digital Media Center.[6]

Spencer graduated from Brown University,[7] and is a native of Portland, Maine. [8]

Awards

  • 2007 Pulitzer Prize For International Reporting[9], shared with team of 7
  • 2007 Society of Publishers in Asia Excellence in Feature Writing[10]
  • 2007 Society of Publishers in Asia, Honorable Mention, Environmental Reporting[11]
  • 2008 Global Health Council Excellence in Media Award[12]
  • 2011 Front Page Award for Multimedia, The Newswoman’s Club of New York[13]
  • 2012 Webby Award for Best News Site, The Daily Beast[14]
  • 2012 National Magazine Award for Digital Media, Best Site Section (The Daily Beast, Book Beast[15]
  • 2013 Nieman Fellowship, Harvard University[16]

References