Mark Schoofs is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and was the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. He is also a visiting professor at the

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Biography

After graduating magna cum laude from

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, Mark Schoofs began his journalistic career in the 1990s with the

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LGBT newspaper

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. In 1999, Schoofs spent more than six months on an assignment for

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in African countries writing an eight-part series of articles on AIDS. A year later, he earned the Pulitzer Prize for his "provocative and enlightening" reporting. Throughout his career, Schoofs also earned the Best Reporting Award from Deadline Club and the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Peter Liagor award from Headline Club, and won the Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists four times. He also has been awarded multiple science journalism awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In addition to international reporting, Schoofs specialized in cultural essays, art and music reviews, and foreign correspondence from

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. His works appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Esquire'', '' the Advocate'', The Paris ''

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'', and other magazines. For example, he reported on frauds in the medical industry; became a part of ''The Wall Street Journal'' breaking news team that covered the

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. The joint work from

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was awarded the

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in 2002. Later on, Schoofs worked at

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as an editor of a team of investigative reporters. In 2014, Schoofs joined BuzzFeed News, where he founded an investigative reporting unit. Under his leadership, the team of more than 20 reporters earned a

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, a National Magazine Award, a Scripps Howard Award, two British Journalism Awards, and a London Press Club Award. Besides, his team's work was twice named as a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. Schoofs announced in March 2022 that he would resign from BuzzFeed News as editor-in-chief after more cuts to the newsroom were announced. Schoofs was appointed professor of journalism at Yale in 2012. He has been a visiting professor at the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism since 2018. He continued to hold this position when he took over as chief editor of BuzzFeed News in the spring of 2020. BuzzFeed News established an internship program for his students, Schoofs also participated in the creation of the summer practice of the Beacon Project.

References

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