Jane Spencer is an American

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

, and Deputy Editor o
''Guardian'' US
where she oversees editorial strategy and newsroom innovation. Previously, she was Editor-in-chief of Fusion Media Group, a millennial-focused cable and digital network owned by Univision. She was one of the founding editors of ''

The Daily Beast ''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008. It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...

'', where she worked as Executive Editor until 2012. Before launching ''The Daily Beast'' in 2008, Spencer was a foreign correspondent for ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'' based in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

, where she reported on environmental issues and technology. She was part of a team of seven ''WSJ'' reporters that won the 2007

Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic R ...

, for a series of stories on China's "Naked Capitalism", which explored the health and environmental consequences of the nation's economic boom. Spencer was the founding writer of ''The Wall Street Journal'' "Weekend Adviser" column in 2004. She covered the September 11 attacks for ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely ...

'' in 2001. She was awarded a 2013 Nieman Fellowship at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, where she focused on innovation in digital storytelling and new media business models. She has taught multimedia storytelling at the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Franci ...

, Berkeley Knight Digital Media Center. Spencer graduated from Brown University, and is a native of

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...

Awards

*2007 Pulitzer Prize For International Reporting, shared with team of seven. *2007 Society of Publishers in Asia Excellence in Feature Writing *2007 Society of Publishers in Asia, Honorable Mention, Environmental Reporting *2008 Global Health Council Excellence in Media Award *2011 Front Page Award for Multimedia, The Newswoman’s Club of New York *2012 Webby Award for Best News Site, The Daily Beast *2012 National Magazine Award for Digital Media, Best Site Section (The Daily Beast, Book Beast *2013 Nieman Fellowship, Harvard University

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, Jane Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women journalists Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners Writers from Portland, Maine Place of birth missing (living people) Waynflete School alumni Journalists from Maine 21st-century American women