Publisher at Cause Global
Greater New York City Area
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- Publisher at Cause Global
- Founding Editor-in-Chief at Contribute Media
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- Cofounder, Executive Editor at Ziff Davis Media
- Department Editor, Technology Strategies at BusinessWeek
- Washington, Asia Correspondent at Hearst Newspapers
- Correspondent at Knight-Ridder Newspapers
- Education
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- Northern Illinois University
- Stanford University
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- University of Illinois at Springfield
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Marcia Stepanek’s Summary
An award-winning, multimedia news journalist with byline credits in national consumer, specialty, and business magazines, online publications, and radio/TV--including NPR, PBS, Hearst, McGraw-Hill, msnbc.com, and Salon.com. Also the founding editor-in-chief of Contribute Media, a magazine, Web site, and events/conferences series, "New Conversations for Change," that covers social entrepreneurs and the new philanthropy movement; also creator of Cause Global, a news blog that covers the use of social media to affect social change globally that appears regularly on JustMeans.org and SSIR.org, the website of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Distinguished honors include: Finalist/Pulitzer Prize for Public Service; George Polk Award for Consumer Writing; National Press Club Award for Washington Correspondence; New York Newswomen's Club Front Page Award for Internet Commentary, Clarion Award for Investigative Reporting, American Business Press Magazine Editor's Gold Awards for Editing in 2003 and 2004, among others. Also was a 1995-96 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University and a Jefferson Fellow in Asian Studies at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, specializing in Japan and China.
Marcia Stepanek’s Specialties:
Specialist in journalism with an investigative bent on stories about innovation—chiefly social media, information technology, philanthropy, business, the work place, and change management.
Marcia Stepanek’s Experience
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Publisher
Cause Global
(Publishing industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Group blog covering the use of social media in advocacy and innovation
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Founding Editor-in-Chief
Contribute Media
(Publishing industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
Created Contribute Magazine, Contribute Online, and the Contribute Media Forum Series, "New Conversations for Change." Runs the magazine, founded its Web site, and is creator/chief of the company's news and information content and content strategy.
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Cofounder, Executive Editor
Ziff Davis Media
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
2001 — 2005 (4 years )
Co-founder and Executive Editor of CIO Insight Magazine
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Department Editor, Technology Strategies
BusinessWeek
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MHP; Publishing industry)
1997 — 2001 (4 years )
On the Internet reporting team that co-founded e.biz, the magazine's Internet strategies magazine; led BWeek's coverage of Web strategies, and covered the development of the use of the Internet by businesses and consumers; launched and wrote an award-winning online column, "Privacy Matters," on eroding privacy in the Digital Age
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Washington, Asia Correspondent
Hearst Newspapers
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
March 1990 — January 1997 (6 years 11 months)
A project editor and Washington correspondent covering politics, Capitol Hill, special projects and economics during the first half of the Clinton Administration; launched Hearst Bureau's national projects team; after taking a year off as a Knight Fellow at Stanford University, launched Hearst's coverage of the Internet as a beat out of Washington. From 1990-1992, also served as Hearst's Asia correspondent, based in Tokyo for the San Francisco Examiner—and later, based back in Washington for Hearst, traveled with the White House press corps to cover President Clinton's forays to Asia and the administration's international and national economics and trade initiatives, including NAFTA and issues before the WTO.
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Correspondent
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
March 1985 — May 1989 (4 years 3 months)
Worked out of the national bureau of Knight-Ridder newspapers as a Washington correspondent for The Detroit Free Press, and previously covered the auto industry from Detroit, covered industry developments from Japan, and was an investigative reporter. Developed some foreign expertise in Asia with the help of numerous reporting trips to the region and a fellowship in Asian studies at the East-West Center at the Univ of Hawaii
Marcia Stepanek’s Education
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Northern Illinois University
Journalism , Journalism, political science , 1972 — 1976
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Stanford University
John S. Knight Fellowship , Internet Studies
Studies toward a reporting specialty in e-Commerce and the social impact of Internet technologies on individuals, society, politics, and business.
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- John S. Knight Fellowship
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Journalism Fellowship , Southeast Asian Studies
Reporting travel to South Korea, Japan, China
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University of Illinois at Springfield
M.A., Public Affairs Journalism , Journalism
Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award
Chicago Tribune Scholarship, PAR Reporting Program- Activities and Societies:
- Statehouse Reporting Intern, Chicago Tribune
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Marcia Stepanek’s Interests:
Photojournalism Documentary film
Marcia Stepanek’s Groups:
Jefferson Fellowship, East-West Center-U of Hawaii
John S. Knight Fellowship, Stanford University
National Press Club
American Society of Magazine Editors
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Social Entertainment Professionals
Marcia Stepanek’s Honors:
Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
George Polk Award for Consumer Writing
National Press Club Award for Washington Correspondence
Front Page Award/Internet Commentary-New York Newswomen's Club
National Clarion Award for Investigative Journalism
National Headliner Award, Society of Professional Journalists
American Society of Business Press Editor's Gold Awards 2003/04
Detroit Press Club Foundation Grand Prize Award-Reporting
American Legion First Amendment Award
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