Stephen Stromberg
Stephen Stromberg is politics and economics opinion editor at The New York Times[1] and a former deputy opinion editor for The Washington Post.[2] He was part of the Washington Post team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.[3][2] He is among the senior Post journalists who left the paper in 2025,[4] as publisher William Lewis and owner Jeff Bezos curbed the independence of its opinions section.[5]
His work focuses on U.S. politics[6][2] and government,[7][8] healthcare, the environment[9] and energy,[10] but he is also one of the few American journalists to write about professional sumo wrestling.[11] Before joining The Post, he covered American politics and economics for The Economist.[12]
An Eagle Scout,[13] he was raised as a Mormon and has written about Mormonism.[14][15] He grew up in Los Angeles[16] before attending Harvard University[17] where he was editorial chair of the Harvard Crimson.[18] He then attended Oxford University, where he was executive editor of the Oxonian Review.[19]
He is married to former Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri, now a staff writer at The Atlantic, and lives in Washington, D.C.[20]
References
- ^ "Stephen Stromberg - The New York Times". nytimes.com.
- ^ a b c "People: Stephen Stromberg, Washington, D.C. Editorial writer". washingtonpost.com.
- ^ WashPostPR (2022-05-09). "Remarks: The Washington Post celebrates the 2022 Pulitzer Prize Awards". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ Lincoln, Ross A. (2025-07-30). "Media Columnist Erik Wemple Takes Washington Post Buyout, Will Join New York Times in September". TheWrap. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ Jones, Joseph (2025-03-17). "Washington Post's turnaround on its opinion pages is returning journalism to its partisan roots − but without the principles". The Conversation. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ "Stephen Stromberg". muckrack.com.
- ^ "WaPo's Stephen Stromberg Seems Unclear On The Concept Of Geithner's Ties To Wall Street". HuffPost. May 28, 2009.
- ^ "Yes, Stephen Stromberg, It Is Socialism". National Review. January 19, 2011.
- ^ Strupp, Joe (2014-08-26). "Why The Washington Post Is Running A Series Of Editorials On The "Existential Threat" Of Climate Change". Media Matters for America. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ "Stephen Stromberg | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
- ^ Stromberg, Stephen; Ayyub, Rana; Board, Editorial; Basij-Rasikh, Shabana (2021-09-28). "Opinion | The greatest figure in sports, maybe ever, just retired. You probably haven't heard of him". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Stephen Stromberg — The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
- ^ Stromberg, Stephen (February 19, 2020). "What the Boy Scouts taught me". The Washington Post.
- ^ Yglesias, Matthew (February 17, 2007). "When Faith Matters". The Atlantic.
- ^ "Mormons against Romney". GetReligion. 23 February 2007.
- ^ "Ukraine Students Start 3-Week Visit". Los Angeles Times. October 19, 1999.
- ^ "Stephen W. Stromberg | Writer Page | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
- ^ Rimer, Sara (November 24, 2004). "When Plagiarism's Shadow Falls on Admired Scholars". The New York Times.
- ^ "Alumni US | University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom". alumnius.net.
- ^ "Alexandra Petri, Stephen Stromberg". The New York Times. June 24, 2018.