Susanne Craig

Susanne Craig is a Canadian investigative journalist who works at The New York Times. She was the reporter who was anonymously mailed Donald Trump's 1995 tax returns during the 2016 presidential election. In 2018, she was an author of The New York Times investigation into Donald Trump’s wealth that found the president inherited hundreds of millions of dollars from his father, some through fraudulent tax schemes.[1] She won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2019 for this coverage. Craig is also known for her coverage of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and of New York State and New York City government and politics.

Early life and education

Craig was born in Calgary, Alberta and attended the University of Calgary, graduating in 1991 with a B.A. in Political Science and Government.[2][3]

Career

Craig began her career as a summer intern for the Calgary Herald in 1990, and was a summer intern for the Windsor Star 1991; her first full-time job was as a reporter for the Windsor Star in Windsor, Ontario.[2]

She originally wrote for The Globe and Mail before becoming a staff writer for the Wall Street Journal.[4] In 2010 she joined the New York Times to continue reporting on Wall Street and was later promoted to bureau chief for coverage of the New York State government.[4][5][6] In 2015, Craig left Albany to become the Times' New York City Hall bureau chief.

She is the recipient of the National Newspaper Award in Canada (Business - 1999)[7] and several Gerald Loeb Awards.[8][9] Additionally, she was the lead journalist on a team that was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for National Affairs Reporting in relation to coverage of the Lehman Brothers and their role in the financial crisis of 2008.[10]

On October 1, 2016 the New York Times published an article co-authored by Craig, which stated that Donald Trump had reported a loss of $916 million in 1995, which could have allowed him to avoid paying income taxes for up to eighteen years.[11] In subsequent television interviews, Craig identified herself as the reporter who had received a portion of Trump's 1995 tax records in her mailbox from an anonymous sender.[12]

Awards
  • 1999 National Newspaper Award[7]
  • 2004 Gerald Loeb Award for Deadline Writing for "The Day Grasso Quit as NYSE Chief"[9]
  • 2008 Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Writing for "Breakdown at Bear Stearns"[13]
  • 2009 Gerald Loeb Award for Breaking News for "The Day That Changed Wall Street"[14]
  • 2018 George Polk Award for Political Reporting.
  • 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting shared with David Barstow and Russ Buettner for the New York Times.

References
  1. Barstow, David; Craig, Susanne; Buettner, Russ (October 2, 2018). "Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father". The New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. "Top 40 Alumni - Alumni - University of Calgary". Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  3. Rookie reporter wins award, Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, 04 Mar 1992.
  4. "Times names Susanne Craig as Albany, New York bureau chief". blog.timesunion.com. Times Union (Albany). October 29, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  5. "Susanne Craig leaving WSJ for the NYT". cjr.org. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  6. "Journal's Susanne Craig Jumps to New York Times DealBook Section". []. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  7. "Winners since 1949 - National Newspaper Awards". nna-ccj.ca. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  8. Cho, Cynthia (June 30, 2004). "Journal Reporters, Editor Are Cited For Loeb Awards". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  9. "L.A. Times Columnist Wins Loeb Award". Los Angeles Times. June 30, 2004. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  10. "Susanne Craig". topics.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  11. "Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found". The New York Times. October 2, 2016.
  12. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/times-reporter-susanne-craig-thinks-tax-documents-are-important-window-n659001
  13. "2008 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management". Fast Company. October 28, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  14. "Loeb Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 29, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
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