David Cho (journalist)

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David Cho
NationalityUnited States
EducationJuilliard School
Alma materYale University, Columbia University
OccupationJournalist
Years active1995-present
EmployerBarron's
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Public Service (2014)

David Dae-Hyun Cho is an American journalist and editor in chief of Barron's.[1] He was formerly the business editor for The Washington Post.[2][3]

Early life and Education[]

Cho was raised in New York. He was educated at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, where he studied piano, before receiving a BA in English Language and Literature from Yale in 1995. He then received an MA in Journalism, an MA in International Affairs, as well as an MBA from Columbia University.[4]

Career[]

Cho started his career as a staff writer for The Korean Herald in 1995 until he took an internship at The New York Times in 1997. After his internship, Cho joined The Philadelphia Inquirer as a staff writer before assuming the same role at The Star-Ledger in 1999, where he was a member of the team that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news for its coverage of a deadly dorm fire at Seton Hall University. He moved to The Washington Post in 2001 and was a 2005-06 Knight-Bagehot fellow.

Cho's work covering the Global financial crisis of 2008 drew admiring attention.[5] He won the Best of Knight-Bagehot Business Journalism Award for his coverage of events leading to the Crisis.[6][7] His financial crisis coverage was also chosen by the Columbia School of Journalism as one of its "100 Great Stories" of the last century.[8] He was a member of the Washington Post team that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service[9] and contributed to the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning[10] coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre. Cho was named business editor in 2016.[11]

Personal life[]

Cho married Sarra Pyun on December 30, 2001. They have two sons. Cho's mother is a Methodist pastor and his father is the owner and founder of Netlinc Technologies, a company that manufactures telecommunications hardware in New Jersey.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "David Cho appointed Editor in Chief of Barron's". Dow Jones. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ "David Cho - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ "David Cho | The Washington Post Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "WEDDINGS; Sarra Pyun, David Cho". The New York Times. 30 December 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ Jaffe, Harry (29 October 2008). "Post Watch: Steven Pearlstein Works Hard as Economy Goes Off the Cliff". Washingtonian. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  6. ^ "Knight-Bagehot Alumni Prizes". AHBJ.org. April 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  7. ^ "David Cho '06 awarded for economic reporting". Columbia Journalism School. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  8. ^ "2007 the great recession". Columbia University.
  9. ^ "The Washington Post wins two Pulitzer Prizes". The Washington Post.
  10. ^ "The 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  11. ^ "Washington Post names Cho its business editor". Talking Biz News. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2020-04-22.

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