William Bastone

William Bastone is editor and co-founder of The Smoking Gun website. In 1997, Bastone and his wife Barbara Glauber, who is a graphic designer, created The Smoking Gun with freelance journalist Daniel Green.[1] In 1984, Bastone worked as an investigative journalist for The Village Voice. He started at The Village Voice as an intern, then worked his way up to being a contributing writer, then ended as a staff writer and investigative journalist. As an investigative journalist, he was responsible for covering City Hall, criminal justice issues, and writing about five of New York's most famous mafia families. TheSmokingGun.com was then bought by Court TV in 2000, enabling Bastone to quit his job with The Village Voice.[1][2] He also co-wrote a book titled The Smoking Gun: A Dossier of Secret, Surprising, and Salacious Documents.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Backgrounder: William Bastone". BullPen. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Keefer, Bryan. "William Bastone on James Frey and The Smoking Gun: Columbia Journalism Review". CJR. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  3. ^ Wiese, Cleve. "Backgrounder: William Bastone". Bullpen. Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
  4. ^ Bleier, Thomas E.; Steinert, Eric C. (2000). Net.people: the personalities and passions behind the Web sites. Information Today, Inc. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-910965-37-8. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  5. ^ Bialik, Carl (February 17, 2006). "An Interview With The Smoking Gun". Gelf Magazine. Retrieved February 1, 2010.