Gene Roberts (journalist) Gene Roberts (journalist) Eugene Leslie Roberts, Jr. (born June 15, 1932) is an American journalist and professor of journalism. He has been a national editor of "The New York Times", executive editor of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" from 1972 to 1990, and managing editor of "The New York Times" from 1994 to 1997. Roberts is most known for presiding over "The Inquirer"'s "Golden Age", a time in which the newspaper was given increased freedom and resources, won 17 Pulitzer Prizes in 18 years, displaced "The Philadelphia Bulletin" as the city's "paper of record", and was considered to be Knight Ridder's crown
Sarasota Herald-Tribune St. John won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism for her series on Florida's insurance industry. This was the first Pulitzer in the "Herald-Tribune"′s history, marking a "sustained commitment to excellence". On April 18, 2016, "Herald-Tribune" reporter Michael Braga won the newspaper's second Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism for a series in partnership with the Tampa Bay Times called "Insane. Invisible. In danger" that detailed the horrific conditions in Florida’s mental health hospitals. The newspaper has been a winner or Pulitzer Prize finalist four times, its first nomination having been in 2008. On May 5, 2017, the newspaper won the