Alex S. Jones is an American journalist, writer, and lecturer. He is the host and executive editor of PBS's "Media Matters" ^[1], former host of National Public Radio's "On the Media," and Laurence M. Lombard Lecturer and Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. ^[2] The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States, with some member stations available by cable in Canada. ... Offical NPR logo National Public Radio (NPR) is an independent, private, non-profit membership organization of public radio stations in the United States. ...

Jones wrote about the press for The New York Times from 1983 to 1992 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 ^[3]. He is the author, with Susan E. Tifft, of The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty, and The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times, also with Tifft, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ...

He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and sits on the advisory boards of the Columbia Journalism Review, the International Center for Journalists, the Committee of Concerned Journalists, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[1] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ... The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. ... The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy think tank. ...

Alex S. Jones should not be confused with Alex E Jones, conspiracy theorist and radio talk show host. Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is a American radio host, political conspiracy theorist,[1] and filmmaker who is best known for his 9/11 conspiracy theories. ...

References

1. ^ Media Matters. PBS.
2. ^ Alex Jones profile. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
3. ^ Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced (transcript). PBS, Online NewsHour (2006, April 17).