Edward Greenspon

Edward Greenspon (born 26 March, 1957) is the editor-in-chief of "The Globe and Mail" newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2002, he assumed the position at a turning point in the paper's history, and, during his tenure, has instituted several sectional revamps.

Greenspon is a former editor of the Globe's Report on Business Section and was the Globe's political editor before becoming editor-in-chief. He is the father of three children: Bailey, Joshua and Jacob.

Early life

Greenspon was born in Montreal on March 26, 1957. His father, Mortimer Greenspon, was an insurance agent and financial planner while his mother, Rosalie, was a teacher. Edward Greenspon's first job was as a paperboy for the now defunct "Montreal Daily Star". Greenspon's interest in journalism began as the Watergate scandal broke. Inspired by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, he chose to go to Ottawa and study journalism and political science at Carleton University. [Melinda Mattos, 'The Scoop on Ed' Ryerson Review of Journalism (Summer, 2003) [http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2003/summer/403/] ]

Education

Greenspon began his journalism career at Carleton University. While living on campus he worked for the residence newspaper, "The Resin". Greenspon broke a story of corruption with the residence student government. He exposed student officials who misappropriated student fees to buy champagne, lobsters, and cigars. The story was soon picked up by the "Ottawa Citizen". Later, the disgraced treasurer was denied a job at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) after a background check revealed the article in the "Citizen". Greenspon graduated from Carleton in 1979 with honours. [Mattos, [http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2003/summer/403/] ]

After two brief stints with papers in Western Canada, Greenspon went on to study at the London School of Economics in England. He received his masters degree in politics and government in 1985. [Mattos, [http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2003/summer/403/] ]

"The Globe and Mail"

Greenspon began working at "The Globe and Mail" in 1986 as a reporter for the paper's report on business section. He soon found himself back in London as the Globe's first European business correspondent. [Mattos, [http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2003/summer/403/] ]

With the collapse of communism, he and his colleagues in the London bureau spent most of the 1989 to 1991 period in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.In 1991, Greenspon returned to Canada and became the managing editor of the Report on Business section and then deputy managing editor of the newspaper. Following his lifelong fascination with politics, Greenspon became the Ottawa bureau chief and associate editor of the paper in 1993, a position he held for more than six years. [The Globe and Mail, 'Columnists: Edward Greenspon' (Feb. 3, 2006) [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinions/columnists/Edward+GreensponBio.html] ]

In 1999, at the height of a newspaper war in Canada, Greenspon was asked to commute to Toronto to manage the newsroom in the capacity of executive news editor. During this period, he became the founding editor for the "Globe"'s internet site, www.theglobeandmail.com, and encouraged the paper to heavily invest in the soon to be very important internet news market. [Mattos, [http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2003/summer/403/] ]

In late 2000, he returned to Ottawa as political editor and columnist in time for his third national election campaign.

In 2002 Greenspon accepted a position as the new editor-in-chief of the "Globe" and moved to Toronto. As chief editor Greenspon instituted several changes to the paper, including a revamped Report on Business section, more investigative journalism, expanded politics coverage, and a new Science and Technology page. [Mattos, [http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2003/summer/403/] ]

External links

* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ The Globe and Mail]

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