Kyle Pope
{{short description|American editor and publisher}}
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Kyle Pope is an American journalist who is the editor and publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review.
Biography
Pope has worked as editor of the New York Observer, the Wall Street Journal, Portfolio magazine and as editor in chief of Straus News.{{Cite web|first=Kelsey |last=Sutton |title=CJR names Kyle Pope editor and publisher. Pope, a Manhattan media veteran, will take over in September |website=Politico|date=July 29, 2016 |url=https://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/07/cjr-names-kyle-pope-editor-and-publisher-004689 }} In 2016, he was hired by the Columbia Journalism Review as editor and publisher replacing Elizabeth Spayd, who accepted a position as public editor of The New York Times. In an interview with Brian Stelter of CNN, Pope stated that after the election of President Donald Trump, the news media needs to rethink how it covers the news in order to "retake the agenda from this man who so hungers for attention, and how do we tell stories in a way that reflects the scale and sweep of the moment we're in?"{{Cite web|first=Julia |last=Waldow |title= CJR's Kyle Pope on covering Trump differently |website=CNN|date=January 27, 2018 |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/27/media/rs-podcast-artwork-kyle-pope/index.html }}
On July 24, 2017, in Washington, D.C., Pope addressed the House Judiciary Committee bipartisan Forum on Press Freedoms regarding concerns that the actions of Donald Trump during his campaign for and following election as President of the United States undermine the constitutional freedom of the press.Pope, Kyle, [https://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/cjr-editor-addresses-congress.php?Daily Prepared remarks of Kyle Pope, editor and publisher of Columbia Journalism Review addressing the House Judiciary Committee bipartisan Forum on Press Freedoms], Washington D.C., July 24, 2017
Personal life
Pope is married to investigative journalist Kate Kelly;{{Cite news|first=Joe |last=Pompeo |title=Kate Kelly: CNBC's New Charlie Gasparino |newspaper=Business Insider|date= April 20, 2010|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/kate-kelly-cnbc-2010-04 }} they have three children together.{{Cite news|title=A new prime time colleague: Kate Kelly of CNBC joins Business Day |newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 2, 2016 |url=https://www.nytco.com/press/a-new-prime-time-colleague-kate-kelly-of-cnbc-joins-business-day/ }}
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