Edward Greenspon

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Edward Greenspon (born 26 March 1957) is the editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2002, he assumed the position at a turning point in the paper's history, and, during his tenure, has instituted several sectional revamps.

Greenspon is a former editor of the Globe's Report on Business Section and was the Globe's political editor before becoming editor-in-chief. He is married to journalist Janice Neil and has three children, Bailey, Joshua, and Jacob.

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[edit] Early life

Greenspon was born in Montreal on March 26, 1957. His father, Mortimer Greenspon, was an insurance agent and financial planner while his mother, Rosalie, was a teacher. Edward Greenspon's first job was as a paperboy for the now defunct Montreal Daily Star. Greenspon's interest in politics began as the Watergate scandal broke. Inspired by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein he chose to go to Ottawa and study journalism and political science at Carleton University. [1]

[edit] Education

Greenspon began his journalism career at Carleton University. While living on campus he worked for the residence newspaper, The Resin. Greenspon broke a story of corruption with the residence student government. He exposed student officials who misappropriated student fees to buy champagne, lobsters, and cigars. The story was soon picked up by the Ottawa Citizen. Later, the disgraced treasurer was denied a job at CSIS after a background check revealed the article in the Citizen. Greenspon graduated from Carleton in 1979 with honours.[2]

After two brief stints with papers in Western Canada, Greenspon went on to study at the London School of Economics in England. He received his masters degree in politics and government in 1985.[3]

[edit] The Globe and Mail

Greenspon began working at The Globe and Mail in 1986 as a reporter for the paper's report on business section. He soon found himself back in London as the Globe's first European business corrospondant.[4]

In 1989 Greenspon returned to Canada in order to raise a family in a safer environment. His wife began teaching journalism at Carleton University and he became the managing editor of the Report on Business section and deputy managing editor of the newspaper. Following his initial interest in politics, Greenspon became the Ottawa bureau chief and associate editor of the paper in 1993.[5]

He again rose quickly through the paper to become the executive news editor, political editor and a columnist for the Ottawa region in 1999. He was the first editor for the Globe's internet site, www.theglobeandmail.com, and encouraged the paper to heavily invest in the soon to be very important internet news market.[6]

In 2002 Greenspon accepted a position as the new editor-in-chief of the Globe and moved to Toronto. As chief editor Greenspon instituted several changes to the paper including a revamnped Report on Business section, more investigative journalism, expanded politics coverage, and a new Science and Technology page.[7]

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[edit] Notes and sources

  1. ^ Melinda Mattos, 'The Scoop on Ed' Ryerson Review of Journalism (Summer, 2003) [1]
  2. ^ Mattos, [2]
  3. ^ Mattos, [3]
  4. ^ Mattos,[4]
  5. ^ The Globe and Mail, 'Columnists: Edward Greenspon' (Feb. 3, 2006)[5]
  6. ^ Mattos, [6]
  7. ^ Mattos, [7]
Preceded by:
Richard Addis		 Editor of The Globe and Mail
March 2002 - present		 Succeeded by:
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