Gregory Phillip Kane ( – February 18, 2014) was an American journalist and political and social commentator.

Background

Kane was born in Baltimore and grew up in West Baltimore. He attended Baltimore City Public Schools and graduated from the

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high school in 1969.

Career

Kane began his journalism career in 1984 as a

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writer for ''

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'', and became a staff writer for the newspaper from 1993 to 2008. In 2008, ''

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'' hired him as a columnist.Sun Columnist Gregory Kane to Write for Examiner
After ''The Baltimore Examiner'' closed in 2009, he began writing for its sister newspaper, ''

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'', where he wrote until his death.Gregory Kane – The Washington Examiner
Kane was also a visiting professor at the Writing Seminars at

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. Kane died on February 18, 2014, after a battle with cancer.

Awards

In 1997, Kane was nominated along with ''Baltimore Sun'' reporter Gilbert Lewthwaite for the

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for a three-part series about slavery in

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. Both men won the

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award for best reporting on

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and an award from the

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for the series. Kane has also won several awards from ''

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'' magazine, the Press Club of

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, and the Maryland chapter of the

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. A moving letter-tribute to Kane appeared in the February 22, 2014, ''Baltimore Sun''.

References

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