Stephen J. Adler (born 1955) is an American journalist. He was

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from 2011 to 2021.

Early life

Stephen Adler was born in 1955. His father, Norman, was a high school English department chairman, and his mother, Mildred, was a writer and social worker. He graduated from

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in 1977 and from

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in 1983.

Career

He began his career as a reporter for ''

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'' and ''

Tallahassee Democrat The ''Tallahassee Democrat'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper. It covers the area centered on Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida, as well as adjacent Gadsden County, Jefferson County, and Wakulla County. The newspaper is owned by Gannett ...

.'' He joined ''

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'' as legal editor. He was promoted to assistant managing editor in 1998 and to deputy managing editor in 2000. He was editor-in-chief of ''

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'' from 2005 to 2009. During his five-year tenure, the magazine and its website won more than 100 awards. He joined

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in 2010 as senior vice president and editorial director of the company's Professional Division. In 2011, he was named editor-in-chief of Reuters News, where he directed the editorial operations and news strategy for the company. During his tenure, Reuters won eight Pulitzer Prizes. In 2018, he spoke out against the arrest and conviction of two Reuters journalists in

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. He retired from Reuters in 2021. Adler is chairman of the board of the

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, and is a member of the boards of the

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and the

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Publications

Adler is author of the book ''The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom'', which won the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association. With his wife, novelist

Lisa Grunwald Lisa Grunwald Adler (born 1959) is an American author. Biography She is the author of seven novels and one children's book. With her husband, former Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler, she has edited three anthologies: ''The Marriage B ...

, he was co-editor of ''Letters of the Century: America 1900—1999'', ''Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present'', and ''The Marriage Book''.

Awards

* 2023: Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adler, Stephen J. 1955 births Living people American business writers American legal writers American magazine editors Harvard Law School alumni 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award winners