Laurie Hays

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Laurie Hays is the CEO/Editor-in-Chief of The Fuller Project. Prior to joining The Fuller Project, Hays worked at Bloomberg News as senior executive editor for beat reporting. [1] Hays also worked at The Wall Street Journal for 23 years [2] as a reporter, Moscow correspondent, and editor, and she worked on a team that won a 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting on corporate corruption scandals. [3]

Early life

Hays was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. [4] She attended Phillips Exeter Academy in high school and wrote for The Exonian , becoming the first female editor at the weekly student newspaper. [4] Hays graduated from Harvard in 1979 with an honors degree in American history, [4] [5] and she wrote for The Harvard Crimson during college. [6]

After college, Hays took a job with the New Orleans States-Item, which merged a year later with the New Orleans Times-Picayune . [4] Her work covered the Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, where she covered murder and politics, including stories on political boss Leander Perez. [4] In 1983, Hays was hired as a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington.

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References

  1. ↑ "The 60-second interview: Laurie Hays, senior executive editor, Bloomberg News". Capital New York . June 16, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ Calderone, Michael (June 19, 2008). "WSJ deputy managing editor Hays leaves". Politico . Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "The 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Explanatory Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes . Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bloomberg's Women Behind The News: Laurie Hays". International Women's Media Foundation. February 15, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2008 Barlett & Steele Judges". Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Laurie Hays: Latest Content". The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved November 14, 2014.


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