R. Bruce Dold | |
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| Born | March 9, 1955 Newark, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Spouse | Eileen Claire Norris (m. 1982) |
| Children | 2 |
R. Bruce Dold is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune . [1]
Dold (full name Robert Bruce Dold) was born March 9, 1955, in Newark, New Jersey to Robert Bruce Dold and Margaret (Noll). [2] He grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. From 1973 to 1978 he attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he received a B.S. and M.S. in Journalism. [3]
Dold was hired as a suburban reporter by the Chicago Tribune in 1978. He also contributed to Downbeat Magazine as a jazz critic. The Tribune hired him as a regular reporter in 1983, and he became a political writer before joining the editorial board in 1990. In 1995, he became deputy editorial page editor and columnist at the Tribune. [2] In 1993, while a member of the editorial board, he wrote a 10-part series that won the Pulitzer for editorial writing. The citation read: "For his series of editorials deploring the murder of a 3-year-old boy by his abusive mother and decrying the Illinois child welfare system." [4]
In 2000, Dold was named editorial page editor. [3] The Tribune subsequently earned a dozen national awards for editorials. It received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009, 2010 and 2011. [5]
In February 2016, Dold was named editor of the Chicago Tribune, following former Tribune editor-in-chief Gerould Kern. [6]
Dold, who is Roman Catholic, married Eileen Claire Norris in 1982. They have two daughters. [2] [3]