Michael Paulson is an American journalist. From 2000 to 2010 he covered religion for The Boston Globe.[1][2] Since 2010, he has worked at the New York Times, where he initially continued his religion coverage. His work there reflected his early politics roots and continued to tie religion to national issues.[3] Since April 2015, he has covered theater at the New York Times.[4][5]
Personal
editPaulson is a native of Newton, Massachusetts and now lives in Boston. He graduated from Newton South High School and obtained his degree from Haverford College.
Career
editMr. Paulson was the National Religion reporter for the New York Times.[6] While working for The Boston Globe, Paulson was responsible for covering the world's faith and spirituality. He began working for The Boston Globe in January 2000. Prior to this, his career included seven years working as a city hall reporter, a state house bureau chief, and as a Washington correspondent at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Before that he worked as a political reporter for the San Antonio Light in Texas.
Books
editPaulson co-authored the book, "Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church".[1]
Awards
editPaulson won a number of awards which include:
- In 2003, he shared in the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of child abuse affairs in the archdiocese of Boston.[7] He has also won the Mike Berger, Templeton and Supple awards in 2008, and is a four-time winner of the Religion Communicators Council's Wilbur Award for his coverage of the Boston archdiocese abuse scandal,[8] the elevation of Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson,[9] closing parishes,[10] and the death of Pope John Paul II.[11]
- Associated Press Managing Editors' Freedom of Information Award[12]
- Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting[12]
- George Polk Award[12]
- A medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors[13]
- Selden Ring Award[12]
- Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists[14]
- Taylor Family Award[12]
- Worth Bingham Award[12]
- The New York Times Company's Punch Sulzberger Award[12]
- His team also won a media award from the Massachusetts Association and the Spirit Award from Jane Doe Inc.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Paulson, Michael. "Episcopal bishop John Coburn dies at 94". Archived from the original on August 13, 2009.
- ^ "Michael Paulson - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
- ^ Paulson, Michael (16 December 2014), "Can't Have Your Cake, Gays Are Told, and a Rights Battle Rises", The New York Times
- ^ Paulson, Michael (18 March 2015), "Praying with Jeb Bush", The New York Times
- ^ Paulson, Michael (22 September 2014), "Many Americans Want More Religion in Their Politics", The New York Times
- ^ Seidel, Lisa. "Michael Paulson(MichaelPaulson)さん | Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation". Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "2003 Wilbur Awards for work completed in 2002" (PDF). Religion Communicators Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "2004 Wilbur Award Winners for work completed in 2003" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "2005 Wilbur Award Winners for work completed in 2004" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "2006 Wilbur Award Winners for work completed in 2005" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g "MICHAEL PAULSON '86 AND DAVID WESSEL '75 AMONG 2003 PULITZER WINNERS". www.haverford.edu. 2003-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "The IRE Journal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Times Wins 4 Sigma Delta Chi Awards". The New York Times Company. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Michael Paulson". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
