Michael E. Sprengelmeyer (who uses the byline M.E. Sprengelmeyer) is an American newspaper reporter. For the ''
Rocky Mountain News
The ''Rocky Mountain News'' (nicknamed the ''Rocky'') was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States, from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As ...
'', he covered the
Iraq War
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and the
2008 US presidential campaign.
At the time the ''Rocky'' closed (February 2009), he was its
Washington, D.C.
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
correspondent.
Education
Sprengelmeyer obtained his degree from
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
in 1989.
Career
Sprengelmeyer worked in the Rocky's Washington bureau since 2001. In 2002, he traveled with the
US Marines
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
in the war in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
.
In August 2009, Sprengelmeyer bought the weekly
New Mexico
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, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
''Guadalupe County Communicator'' and became its owner, publisher, editor, and primary writer.
Personal
Outside from reporting, he was once a
Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago ...
usher, accordion player, and played in a band called "News Hole".
Michael Sprengelmeyer became "M.E." twenty years ago when he realized that his full name would not fit in a column width.
References
Further reading
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External links
* The
''Guadalupe County Communicator'
American newspaper editors
American newspaper publishers (people)
Journalists from New Mexico
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Rocky Mountain News people
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