Mark Maremont is an American

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with 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 ...

''. Maremont has worked on reports for the ''Journal'' for which the paper received two

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

s. Maremont was born in

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

.Past Finalists: Mark Maremont
.

UCLA Anderson School of Management The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, also known as the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is the graduate business school at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of eleven professional schools. The school offers MBA (ful ...

. His father was president of the

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

-based M. D. Maremont Company, a

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firm.Emily Dreifus Wed to Mark Maremont
(August 13, 1984). ''New York Times''. He graduated with a

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in history with honors and

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from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

and a

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from the

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. Maremont became telecommunications editor at ''

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'' in August 1983. He served as

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correspondent from in July 1986 until July 1992, when he became the magazine's

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bureau chief. While at ''Business Week'', Maremont was a 1996

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finalist the reporting category for the 1995 cover story on

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, titled "Blind ambition", and won the 1997

Gerald Loeb Award The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was estab ...

in the magazine category for "Abuse of Power," a 1996 cover story on sexual abuse at Astra USA. In May 1997, Maremont joined the ''Wall Street Journal'' as a senior special writer in Boston. He became deputy bureau chief in the Boston bureau in July 2000 and is now senior editor. In 2003, Maremont was a member of the ''

'' team that wrote a series of articles for which the paper staff won the

Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting has been presented since 1998, for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear pr ...

. The citation read: "for its clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America. This was originally nominated in the

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category, but was moved by the jury." Maremont was a member of a ''Journal'' team that wrote a five-part series used

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to detect stock-option rigging and resulted in at least 70 executives losing their jobs.Michael Kelly Award - 2007 Winner and Finalists
." Atlantic Media Company. The series won the first

Pulitzer Prize for Public Service The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or news site through the use of its journalis ...

for the ''Wall Street Journal''.Leslie Friday,
Coolidge Avenue resident wins Pulitzer for public service
(May 7, 2007). GateHouse Media. The citation read: "for its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for

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s that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America." For the same series, Maremont and colleagues Charles Forelle and James Bandler shared the 2006

George Polk Award The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the award ...

for Business Journalism, the

for Large Newspapers, and the 2007

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting is an award for journalists administered by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. The program was launched in 1991, with the goal of exposing examples of ...

.Wall Street Journal wins 2007 Goldsmith reporting prize
(March 16, 2007).

Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center that explores the intersection and impact of media, politics and public policy in theory and practice. Among other activities, the center or ...

Additionally, Maremont Forelle, Bandler, and Steve Stecklow were finalists for the 2007 Michael Kelly Award. In 2012, he shared the Gerald Loeb Award for Online Enterprise for the story "Jet Tracker." Maremont married Emily Louise Dreifus in 1984. He lives in

Needham, Massachusetts Needham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 at the 2020 U.S. Census. It is home of Olin College. History Early settlement Needham was first settled in 1680 with the purchase of a ...

References

External links

Q&A: Mark Maremont, senior editor, ''Wall Street Journal''
at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

(January 21, 2010)
Audit Interview: Mark Maremont
(interview with Ryan Chittum, February 6, 2009), ''

Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its contents include news and media industry trends, ana ...

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