Joseph B. White is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for his work for ''

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''.

Early life

White was born in

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. He attended

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and graduated with a B.A. in English.

Career

White started his career at the ''

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'' in Edgartown, Massachusetts. In 1982, White moved to the ''

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''. White joined the

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bureau of the '' Connecticut Law Tribune'' in 1986. In 1987, White joined the

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bureau of ''

'', and became the bureau chief in 1990. White and Detroit bureau chief Paul Ingrassia earned the 1993

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"for often exclusive coverage of General Motors' management turmoil." Their reporting also earned a 1993 Gerald Loeb Award for "Deadline and/or Beat Writing", and they turned it into a book, "Comeback: The Fall and Rise of the American Automobile Industry," in 1994. White moved to

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in 1994 to become the news editor and chief of correspondents for ''

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''. He returned the Detroit bureau in 1996 as a news editor covering

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and auto industry management issues, and again became the bureau chief in 1998. He worked in the

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bureau from 2008 to 2011 covering business regulation and energy policy, and then returned to Detroit to become the Global Auto Editor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Joseph B. American newspaper writers Living people Harvard College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Journalists from New York City Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting winners Gerald Loeb Award winners for Deadline and Beat Reporting