Steven Gray is an American writer, editor, and producer. For more than a decade Gray worked as a reporter for ''

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'' magazine, ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2009, he opened Time Inc.’s

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office as bureau chief, developing content for ''TIME'', ''Fortune'' and ''People'' magazines. Between 2010 and 2012 he was ''TIMEs Washington correspondent covering the intersection of politics, policy and business. His coverage has included

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, the

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, poverty, education, criminal justice reform, the global food industry, corporate governance, BP's response to the

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, the same-sex marriage debate,

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, and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Gray was born in

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and received a B.A. degree in journalism from

Howard University Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...

, where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, ''The Hilltop''. He studied international relations at the

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's Brussels School of International Studies. In 2012 and 2013, he taught journalism at Howard University and

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. He has been a Poynter Institute ethics fellow, and a fellow at the

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's Knight Digital Media Center. He has provided analysis on

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, and the

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. He lives in

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References

* Time Inc. Bi

* Carr, David. (September 20, 2009)
"Investment in a City of Struggles"
The New York Times. * Finley, Nolan. (October 22, 2009)
"How the world sees Detroit"
The Detroit News. * Manney, Dave (December 2009).
"Timely Report"
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