Speaking of Stories

transforming short stories from the page to the stage

 

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Michael Gartner

Michael Gartner is an American journalist and businessman. He is a graduate of Carleton College and the New York University School of Law.  His long career in journalism began in the sports department of the Des Moines Register at the age of 15. Eventually, he became page one editor of The Wall Street Journal, editor and president of the Des Moines Register, general news executive of the Gannett Company and USA Today, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.  As chairman and editor of The Daily Tribune in Ames, Iowa, Gartner won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for his editorials about community issues. He has also been a columnist for the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal and of USA Today.

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