Harry Siegel
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Harry Siegel is a journalist and editor based out of Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Brandeis University, Siegel began his career at The New York Sun, first as a news assistant, then as an editorial writer and OpEd page editor. He would go on to found New Partisan, an online journal of politics, culture and the arts.
Siegel rose to prominence as the short-lived editor-in-chief of the New York Press. After being hired in 2005 to oversee The Press on the recommendation of its founder, Russ Smith, he brought in an editorial team that included City Hall man Azi Paybarah, arts editor Jonathan Leaf and managing editor Tim Marchman.
On February 7, 2006, all four men resigned from The Press after the paper's ownership interceded to pull from the paper a series of articles about the cartoons about Islam previously published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten, where the cartoons' publication became an occasion for waves of violence and anger from Muslims worldwide. The cartoons were only republished by a handful of American media outlets, leading to fear of a heckler's veto on the press. Along with the cartoons, the editors has planned to run numerous essays about the cartoons, which were also pulled from the paper. Many of those essays can be found here.
After leaving the Press, Siegel served as policy director for New York gubernatorial candidate Tom Suozzi. Following Suozzi's loss to Eliot Spitzer in the Democratic Primary, he returned to journalism.
Harry Siegel is the son of Fred Siegel.
[edit] External Links
- Articles by Harry Siegel
- Dirty Harry Siegel takes over the New York Press
- NY Press Kills Cartoons; Staff Walks Out
- CNN Reliable Sources Transcript of discussion by panel that included Siegel and Howard Kurtz
- CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight Transcript of panel that included Siegel and Lou Dobbs
- The Situation With Tucker Carlson Transcript of panel that included Siegel and Tucker Carlson
