{{Short description|American reporter (1955–2025)}}
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American reporter (1955–2025)
Robert Bruce Dold (March 9, 1955 – December 3, 2025) was an American Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune.[1]
Early life and education
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Robert Bruce Dold was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 9, 1955, to Robert Bruce Dold and Margaret (née Noll).[2] He grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. From 1973 to 1978 he attended the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, where he received a B.S. and M.S. in Journalism.[3]
Professional career
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Dold was hired as a suburban reporter by the Chicago Tribune in 1978. He also contributed to Downbeat Magazine as a jazz critic. The Tribune hired him as a regular reporter in 1983, and he became a political writer before joining the editorial board in 1990. In 1995, he became deputy editorial page editor and columnist at the Tribune.[2] In 1993, while a member of the editorial board, he wrote a 10-part series that won the Pulitzer for editorial writing. The citation read: “For his series of editorials deploring the murder of a 3-year-old boy by his abusive mother and decrying the Illinois child welfare system.”[4]
In 2000, Dold was named editorial page editor.[3] The Tribune subsequently earned a dozen national awards for editorials. It received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009, 2010 and 2011.[5]
In February 2016, Dold was named editor of the Chicago Tribune, following former Tribune editor-in-chief Gerould Kern.[6]
Personal life and death
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Dold, who was Roman Catholic, married Eileen Claire Norris in 1982. They had two daughters.[2][3]
Dold died on December 3, 2025, at the age of 70, after a four-year battle with esophageal cancer.[7]
- ^ Channick, Robert (March 2, 2016). “Dold named Chicago Tribune publisher, Ferro donates Sun-Times stake to charitable trust”. Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ a b c Brennan, Elizabeth A. (1999). Who’s Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Oryx Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c “Bruce Dold”. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ “1994 Pulitzer Prizes”. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ “Bruce Dold”. Chicago Ideas Week. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ Channick, Robert (February 18, 2016). “Chicago Tribune names Bruce Dold as new editor; Gerould Kern to retire”. Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ Channick, Robert (December 3, 2025). “Bruce Dold, former Chicago Tribune editor and ‘consummate newspaperman,’ dies at 70”. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
