Rebecca Blumenstein is an American

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. She was named President - Editorial of

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on January 10, 2023. Prior to that, Blumenstein was one of the highest-ranking women in the

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at ''

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''. She is the chair of the board of the

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Biography

Blumenstein attended the

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, where she studied for her

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and

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while serving as editor-in-chief of the '' Michigan Daily''. Blumenstein started her career at the ''Tampa Tribune'', and then contributed to ''Gannett Newspapers'' and ''

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''. Blumenstein started working for the ''

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'' in 1995 as a reporter for

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covering

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, then began covering

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in 2005. She became '' The Wall Street Journal's'' Deputy Editor in Chief in January 2013. After more than two decades at ''The Wall Street Journal'', Blumenstein joined ''

'' as the Deputy Managing Editor in February 2017, making her one of the highest ranking women in the newsroom. At the Times, she served a variety of roles, including working directly with Publisher A.G. Sulzberger. She also oversaw the evacuation and relocation of over 200

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employees and family members from Afghanistan. Blumenstein wrote about her role and some of the Afghans' adaptation to life in the USA. She was appointed President, Editorial of NBC News in January, 2023. Blumenstein has reported on

, AT&T Corp., WorldCom Inc., the New York State legislature,

, and mergers in the

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. In 1993, she won the New York Newswomen's Award for coverage of the Long Island Railroad shootings. In 2003, her team won the Gerald Loeb Award for coverage of

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. In 2007, her team in China won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. In 2009, she was named to Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship. She received the Gerald Loeb Award's 2015 Minard Editor Award for career contributions to

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. Prior to her work as a journalist, Blumenstein served as Michigan president of Young Judaea, a peer-led Zionist youth movement with programs throughout the U.S.

References

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