Description
Paul Steiger was the founding editor-in-chief, CEO and president of ProPublica from 2008 through 2012. Prior to establishing ProPublica in collaboration with Marion and Herb Sandler, Steiger worked for 15 years as a reporter, the Washington economics correspondent, and the business editor for the Los Angeles Times, and for 26 years as a reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal, where he was managing editor from 1991 to 2007. In this interview, Steiger discusses: learning about Herb and Marion Sandler while reporting business news for the Los Angeles Times; the reputation of the Sandlers in the world of finance; the state of investigative journalism in the internet era; the creation of ProPublica and how it grew into a respected voice in investigative journalism; and the present and future goals of ProPublica.