Gene Foreman (journalist)

Gene Clemons Foreman (born November 20, 1934) is an American journalist who managed the newsroom of The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1973 to 1998. Foreman is best known as the managing editor who teamed with The Inquirer’s executive editor, Gene Roberts, during The Inquirer's "Golden Age."[1] In the 18 years they led the news staff, the paper won 17 Pulitzer Prizes, triumphed in an economic battle for survival over The Evening Bulletin, and became an influential regional paper.

  1. ^ Madigan, Charles M. (2007). 30: The collapse of the great American newspaper. Chicago, Ill: Ivan R. Lee. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-56663-742-8.