James B. Stewart#Career

{{short description|American lawyer, journalist, and author (born c. 1952)}}

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| name = James B. Stewart

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| birth_name = James Bennett Stewart

| birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth year and age|1952}}

| birth_place = Quincy, Illinois

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| occupation = Non-fiction writer
Lawyer
Journalist

| nationality = American

| period = 1983–present

| alma_mater = DePauw University

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| notableworks = Den of Thieves

| awards = Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism (1988)

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James Bennett Stewart (born c. 1952) is an American lawyer, journalist, and author.

Early life and education

Stewart was born in Quincy, Illinois. He graduated from DePauw University and Harvard Law School.

Career

He is a member of the Bar of New York, the Bloomberg Professor of Business and Economic Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism,{{cite web|url=http://www.indstate.edu/speaker/stewart.htm|website=indstate.edu|title=James B. Stewart|access-date=2011-09-26|archive-date=2012-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204160035/http://www.indstate.edu/speaker/stewart.htm|url-status=dead}} Editor-at-Large of SmartMoney magazine, and author of Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff (2011).{{cite book|author=Stewart, James B.|title=Tangled Webs: How False Statements Are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff|date=April 19, 2011|publisher=Penguin Press |isbn=978-1594202698}} He is a former associate at New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which he left in 1979 to become executive editor of The American Lawyer magazine.{{cite web|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/times-hires-james-b-stewart-financial-writer/ |title=Times Hires James B. Stewart, Financial Writer|website=MediaDecoder|date=May 10, 2011}} He later joined The Wall Street Journal, where earned the 1987 Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline and/or Beat Writing.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-01-fi-1895-story.html |title=Times Wins Loeb Award |date=May 1, 1987 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 1, 2019}} He shared the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism and the Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for his articles about the 1987 dramatic upheaval in the stock market and insider trading. These writings led to the publishing of his best-selling work of non-fiction called Den of Thieves (1991), which recounted the criminal conduct of Wall Street arbitrager Ivan Boesky and junk bond king Michael Milken.{{cite web|website=Booknotes|url=http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/22933-1/James+Stewart.aspx|title=Interview with Stewart on Den of Thieves|date=November 24, 1991|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115161712/http://booknotes.org/Watch/22933-1/James+Stewart.aspx|archive-date=November 15, 2011}} Stewart became page one editor of The Wall Street Journal in 1988 and remained at the paper until 1992, when he left to help found SmartMoney.

Stewart's book Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story Of A Doctor Who Got Away With Murder (1999), won the 2000 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category. DisneyWar (2005), his book on Michael Eisner's reign at Disney, won the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book.{{cite web |url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x15009.xml |title=James B. Stewart: Gerald Loeb Award finalist |website=UCLA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923195640/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x15009.xml |archive-date=2009-09-23 }} In 2007, he was ranked 21st on Out magazine's 50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America.{{cite news|author1=Oxfield, Jesse |author2=Idov, Michael |date=March 4, 2007 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/04/out_ranks_the_top_50_gays_ande.html |title='Out' Ranks the Top 50 Gays; Anderson Is No. 2 |work=New York Magazine |access-date=June 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606235032/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/04/out_ranks_the_top_50_gays_ande.html |archive-date=June 6, 2007 }} He is currently a contributor to The New Yorker and a columnist for The New York Times, which he joined in 2011. Stewart also serves on the board of advisory trustees of his alma mater, DePauw University, and is past president of that board.{{cite web|url=http://www.depauw.edu/univ/president/trustees.html|title=Board of Trustees|website=DePauw University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222072912/http://www.depauw.edu/univ/president/trustees.html|archive-date=2010-12-22}}

Notable stories

= Jeffrey Epstein =

On August 12, 2019, Stewart reported on a conversation he had with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein reportedly told Stewart that he was advising Elon Musk and Tesla. Stewart was also told by Epstein that he had dirt on powerful people including personal details about their sexual activities and drug use.{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=James B. |date=2019-08-12 |title=The Day Jeffrey Epstein Told Me He Had Dirt on Powerful People |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-interview.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |issn=0362-4331}}

On July 31, 2019, Stewart along with Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg reported about Epstein's interest in Eugenics and how he wished to seed the human race by using his own DNA. He also reportedly wanted his head and penis frozen.{{Cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=James B. |last2=Goldstein |first2=Matthew |last3=Silver-Greenberg |first3=Jessica |date=2019-07-31 |title=Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/jeffrey-epstein-eugenics.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |issn=0362-4331}}

In October 2019, Stewart and Emily Flitter partnered on a piece which provided more detail as to Epstein's relationship with Microsoft founder Bill Gates, which had started after Epstein had become a registered sex offender.{{Cite news |last1=Flitter |first1=Emily |last2=Stewart |first2=James B. |date=2019-10-12 |title=Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |issn=0362-4331}}

Bibliography

=Books=

{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?22933-1/den-thieves Booknotes interview with Stewart on Den of Thieves, November 24, 1991], C-SPAN| video2 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?71277-1/blood-sport Presentation by Stewart on Blood Sport, April 17, 1996], C-SPAN| video3 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?71908-1/blood-sport Presentation by Stewart on Blood Sport, May 13, 1996], C-SPAN| video4 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?113521-1/follow-story Interview with Stewart on Follow the Story, October 10, 1998], C-SPAN| video5 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?152189-1/blind-eye Presentation by Stewart on Blind Eye, September 17, 1999], C-SPAN| video6 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?175496-3/heart-soldier Presentation by Stewart on Heart of a Soldier, February 22, 2003], C-SPAN| video7 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?190019-12/disneywar Presentation by Stewart on DisneyWar, November 19, 2005], C-SPAN| video8 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?464984-1/deep-state Presentation by Stewart on Deep State, October 10, 2019], C-SPAN}}

{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=The Partners: Inside America's Most Powerful Law Firms |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=1983 |isbn=0-671-42023-2}}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Prosecutors |url=https://archive.org/details/prosecutorsinsid00stew |url-access=registration |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=1987 |isbn=0-671-66835-8}}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Den of Thieves |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=1991 |isbn=0-671-63802-5}}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Blood Sport: The President and His Adversaries |publisher=Touchstone |location=London |year=1997 |isbn=0-684-83139-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/bloodsportpresi000stew }}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Follow the Story: How to Write Successful Nonfiction |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=1998 |isbn=0-684-85067-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/followstoryhowto00stew }}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away With Murder |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York City |year=1999 |isbn=0-684-85484-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/blindeyehowmedic00stew }}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Heart of a Soldier: A Story of Love, Heroism, and September 11th |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=2002 |isbn=0-7432-4098-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/heartofsoldier00jame }}; a biography of Rick Rescorla, Morgan Stanley security director who died at WTC
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=DisneyWar |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=2005 |isbn=0-684-80993-1}}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff |publisher=Penguin Press |location=New York |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-59420-269-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/tangledwebshowfa00stew }}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law |publisher=Penguin Press |year=2019 |isbn=978-0525559108 }}
{{cite book |author=Stewart, James |title=Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy |publisher=Penguin Press |year=2023 |isbn=978-1984879424 }} (with Rachel Abrams)

=Essays and reporting=

{{cite magazine |author=Stewart, James B. |date=September 14, 2009 |title=Eight Days The battle to save the American financial system. |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/21/eight-days }}
{{cite magazine |author=Stewart, James B. |date=March 23, 2015 |title=A fight at the opera : Peter Gelb has a bold vision. Can the Met afford it? |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=5 |pages=56–67 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/23/a-fight-at-the-opera }}

Awards

Stewart was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2002 in the area of Communications.{{cite web|url = http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-14|title = Laureates by Year - The Lincoln Academy of Illinois|website = The Lincoln Academy of Illinois|language = en-US|access-date = 2016-03-18|archive-date = 2015-09-23|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204516/http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-14|url-status = dead}}

In 1996 Stewart received an honorary doctorate from Quincy University.

Stewart has earned five Gerald Loeb Awards: the 1987 Deadline and/or Beat Writing award for "Coverage of Wall Street Insider Trading Scandal", the 1988 Large Newspapers award for "Terrible Tuesday",{{cite web |title=Times Writer Wins Loeb Award |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-10-fi-2547-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=11 February 2019 |date=10 May 1988}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/james-b-stewart |title=James B. Stewart |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=February 4, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Historical Winners List|url=https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/signature-events/gerald-loeb-awards/winners/historical-winners|website=UCLA Anderson School of Management|access-date=January 31, 2019}} the 2006 Business Book award for "DisneyWar",{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/2006-Gerald-Loeb-Award-Winners-7157 |title=2006 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management |last=Lowe |first=Mary Ann |date=June 27, 2006 |website=UCLA |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202154444/http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/2006-Gerald-Loeb-Award-Winners-7157 |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |url-status=dead }} the 2016 Commentary award for "Inside the Boardroom",{{cite web|title=UCLA Anderson School honors 2016 Gerald Loeb Award winners|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-anderson-school-honors-2016-gerald-loeb-award-winners|website=UCLA|date=June 29, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2019|last=Daillak|first=Jonathan}} and the 2019 Feature award for "'If Bobbie Talks, I'm Finished': How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser".{{Cite web |url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/documents/sites/signature-events/loeb/2019/LOEB_2019_FEATURE.pdf |title='If Bobbie Talks, I'm Finished': How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser |last1=Stewart |first1=James B. |author-link=James B. Stewart |last2=Abrams |first2=Rachel |author-link2=Rachel Abrams (journalist) |date=November 28, 2018 |website=The New York Times |via=UCLA Anderson School of Management |access-date=October 2, 2019 |last3=Gabler |first3=Ellen |author-link3=Ellen Gabler}}

References

External links

{{official website}}
[http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/stocks/?column=common-sense Common Sense column archive] at The Wall Street Journal
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313114618/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/james_b_stewart/search?contributorName=james%20b%20stewart Contributor Profile 2011] at The New Yorker
{{C-SPAN|25972}}
{{Charlie Rose guest|68}}
{{NYTtopic|people/s/james_b_stewart}}
[http://www.roycecarlton.com/speaker/James-B-Stewart-Video/ Profile]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Royce Carlton
[https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767792759/james-b-stewart-discusses-his-new-book-deep-state 'Deep State' Author Says Trump Has Learned Nothing From The Russia Investigation] October 7, 2019 NPR
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-deep-state-book-disputes-accusations-of-trump-bias-at-fbi-doj How 'Deep State' book disputes accusations of Trump bias at FBI, DOJ] October 10, 2019 PBS NewsHour