R. Bruce Dold | |
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| Born | (1955-03-09)March 9, 1955 (age 70) Newark, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
R. Bruce Dold is aPulitzer Prize winning journalist and is thepublisher and editor-in-chief of theChicago Tribune.[1]
Dold (full name Robert Bruce Dold) was born March 9, 1955, inNewark, New Jersey to Robert Bruce Dold and Margaret (Noll).[2] He grew up inGlen Ridge, New Jersey. From 1973 to 1978 he attendedNorthwestern University inEvanston, Illinois, where he received a B.S. and M.S. inJournalism.[3]
Dold was hired as a suburban reporter by the Chicago Tribune in 1978. He also contributed toDownbeat Magazine as a jazz critic. The Tribune hired him as a regular reporter in 1983, and he became apolitical writer before joining the editorial board in 1990. In 1995, he became deputy editorial page editor and columnist at the Tribune.[2] In 1993, while a member of the editorial board, he wrote a 10-part series that won the Pulitzer for editorial writing. The citation read: "For his series of editorials deploring the murder of a 3-year-old boy by his abusive mother and decrying the Illinoischild welfare system."[4]
In 2000, Dold was named editorial page editor.[3] The Tribune subsequently earned a dozen national awards for editorials. It received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009, 2010 and 2011.[5]
In February 2016, Dold was named editor of the Chicago Tribune, following former Tribune editor-in-chief Gerould Kern.[6]
Dold, who is Roman Catholic, married Eileen Claire Norris in 1982. They have two daughters.[2][3]