Gene Roberts (journalist) in 1954 and was later a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. 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
Ralph Pulitzer Ralph Pulitzer Ralph Pulitzer (June 11, 1879 – June 14, 1939) was an American heir, newspaper publisher and author. He served as the president of the Press Publishing Co., which published the "New York World" and the "Evening World". Ralph Pulitzer was born on June 11, 1879 in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Joseph Pulitzer, was a newspaper magnate. Pulitzer was educated at St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University. Pulitzer served as the publisher of the "New York World" until 1931, when it was acquired by E. W. Scripps Company. He subsequently served as the