John R. Emshwiller

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. John Robert Emshwiller is a senior national correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.

In 2002, he shared the Gerald Loeb Award for his coverage of the unfolding Enron scandal with Rebecca Smith.[1] The two authored a book on the scandal entitled 24 Days.[1]

Emshwiller served as Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Californian, the University of California, Berkeley student newspaper, in Spring 1971.[2] An editorial written during his tenure has been attributed by many people[citation needed] as the cause the People's Park riot.[3] As an outgrowth of that event, and during his tenure, the University and the Daily Californian severed the University's official sponsorship, and the newspaper became an independent off-campus newspaper.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 John R. Emshwiller - HarperCollins bio, harpercollins.com, Retrieved December 20, 2010
  2. (17 January 1982). Deborah Yaeger Wed to John Emshwiller, Reporter, The New York Times, Retrieved December 20, 2010
  3. (17 May 1971). BERKELEY PAPER MAY LOSE FUNDS, The New York Times, Retrieved December 20, 2010
  4. Tzou, Alice (30 September 2005). Alum Editor Lauded for Revolutionary Career, The Daily Californian, Retrieved December 20, 2010


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