Bill Marimow
Editor and Executive Vice President, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Professor Laura Little’s interview with Mr. Bill Marimow will explore whether President-elect Trump has changed the “rules of engagement” between the President and the media. How has the relationship between the press and the President evolved under prior administrations? Mr. Marimow will also cover national and local issues related to fake news, libel law, the First Amendment, and the relationship between lawyers and the press.
About Bill Marimow
Bill Marimow is the editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Born in Philadelphia, he grew up in Havertown and joined The Inquirer in July 1972 as a business reporter. As a reporter at The Inquirer, Marimow twice received the Pulitzer Prize – in 1978, for stories he wrote with a partner on criminal violence by Philadelphia police, and in 1985, for his investigation of the police K-9 unit. In 1985, his work on the MOVE bombing formed the backbone of The Inquirer’s Pulitzer Prize entry, which was a finalist in the general reporting category in 1986. In addition, Marimow received two Silver Gavel Awards from the American Bar Association and two Robert F. Kennedy awards — the first, for his work as an Inquirer reporter and, the second, for his work as vice president of news at National Public Radio (NPR).
Marimow has also served as the editor of The Baltimore Sun and the vice president of news for National Public Radio. He is a 1969 graduate of Trinity College, and he studied First Amendment law at Harvard Law School as a Nieman Fellow in 1982-83. Marimow served on the board of trustees of Trinity from 2008 until Jan. 2015. His wife, Diane, teaches at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and also produces her own sculpture at The Clay Studio. He has two children – Ann, a reporter at the Washington Post, and Scott, who is a principal at a private equity firm.