Emil Steiner
| Emil Gregory Steiner | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 30, 1978 West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Author and Journalist |
| Nationality | American, Czech |
| Genre | Fiction, Journalism |
| Notable works | "Drunk Driving"[1] |
Emil Gregory Steiner (born November 30, 1978) is an American novelist, journalist, and media scholar studying binge-watching at Temple University's School of Media and Communication where he also teaches journalism. Prior to entering the academy, Steiner was the founding editor of The League[2] -- washingtonpost.com's NFL discussion platform. He also served as the offbeat news blogger for The Washington Post and as a contributor to MSNBC, Washington Post Radio, NPR, CNN, WPHT, and the BBC. He was a member of the newsroom awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage[3] of the Virginia Tech Massacre.
Steiner is an American, and a descendant of Holocaust survivors, born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends' Central School, in Wynnewood, and the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating in 2001, he worked as a journalist in Prague, Czech Republic. His first novel, Drunk Driving[4] was published in April, 2005.
Steiner made international news in June 2007 with his live-blogging of Pearson v. Chung,[5] the $54 million pants lawsuit.[6] The case involved DC Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson suing his dry cleaner for $54 million under the DC consumer protection act after they lost his pants. Steiner's exclusive live-blogging coverage provided the only up-to-the minute reporting from inside the Washington, DC Superior Courthouse.
In October 2007, Steiner published a column “Cry Me a River Ellen Degeneres”.[7] Steiner pointed out that the talk show host’s tears for her dog Iggy may in fact have been damage control.[8]
On November 6, 2007, Washington Post columnist Emil Steiner in his OFF/beat blog[9] reported on the emerging menace/hoax of Jenkem an African drug made from the fumes of raw sewage. In his article "Jenkem Madness?"[10] he cited "a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration [who] insists that 'there are people in America trying [Jenkem].'" The unnamed DEA spokesman stated that the agency had yet to test Jenkem, however volunteering a theory that "hallucinations from methane fumes" are involved. He also labeled any use of Jenkem "dangerous, bad and stupid."
In May 2008, Steiner moved his OFF/beat blog from washingtonpost.com to the online tabloid expressnightout.com.[11] He received a Master of Journalism degree from Temple University in 2011, where he now studies the rituals, motives, and feelings of binge-watchers.
References
- ↑ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drunk-driving-emil-steiner/1007229153
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-league
- ↑ http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginia-tech-blog-roundup/2007/04/ismail_ax_the_vt_gunmans_final.html
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1413753302
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080719173655/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/06/judge_pearson_vs_custom_cleane.html
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11022545
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/1/blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/10/cry_me_a_river_ellen_degeneres_1.html
- ↑ http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/17/sbt.01.html
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/2/blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/
- ↑ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/11/jenkem_madness_1.html[dead link]
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/201108/expressnightout.com/content/offbeat/
External links
- Articles with dead external links from March 2015
- 1978 births
- Living people
- American male novelists
- American bloggers
- American male journalists
- American non-fiction writers
- American short story writers
- American expatriates in the Czech Republic
- 20th-century American novelists
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- The Washington Post people
- American male short story writers
