Jones, Alex S.

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JONES, Alex S.

JONES, Alex S. American, b. 1946. Genres: Writing/Journalism, Biography. Career: Daily Post-Athenian, Athens, TN, managing editor, 1974-78; Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN, editor, 1978-83; New York Times, media reporter, 1983-92; WNYC-AM, New York City Public Radio, On the Media radio programming, host, 1993; PBS, Media Matters, host & exec. ed., 1996-; Duke University, Eugene Patterson professor of journalism, 1998-2000; Harvard University, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy, director, 2000-. Pulitzer Prize, 1987. Publications: (with S.E. Tifft) The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty, 1991; (with Tifft) The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family behind the New York Times, 1999. Address: c/o Kathy Robbins, Robbins Office Inc, 405 Park Ave 9th Fl, New York, NY 10022, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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