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'''James S. "Jim" Doyle''' is an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]].
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'''James S. "Jim" Doyle''' (born c. 1935) is an American [[journalist]] and activist.


== History ==
He graduated [[Boston College]], the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] (with honors), and was a 1965 [[Society of Nieman Fellows]] at [[Harvard University]].
Prior to attending college, he worked for the [[State House News Service]] on Beacon Hill. He graduated from [[Boston College]] in 1956,<ref name="bualum">[http://www.bc.edu/friends/invest/bcfund/who/thankyou/1956_0506/ Boston College Class of '56 donors]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] (with honors) in 1961.<ref name="colombia">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/alumni/associations/association/journal/alumnijournal-fall2004.pdf |title=Columbia Alumni Journal |access-date=2007-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908134110/http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/alumni/associations/association/journal/alumnijournal-fall2004.pdf |archive-date=2006-09-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a 1965 [[Society of Nieman Fellows]] awardee at [[Harvard University]].<ref name="nieman">[http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/people/alumni-year.html#FY1965 Nieman Fellowship Program Alumni Fellows, 1965.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908031133/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu//people/alumni-year.html |date=2006-09-08 }}</ref>


Doyle retired in 1998, then supervised the [[Committee of Concerned Journalists]] study "The Clinton/Lewinsky Story: How Accurate? How Fair?"<ref name="money">Doyle, James S. Has Money Corrupted Washington Journalism? ''Nieman Reports'' Vol. 53 No. 4 Winter 1999</ref>
He started as Washington bureau chief for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' in 1965, where he broke the story of an unqualified nominee for federal district judge, which led to the withdrawal of the nomination and the Globe's winning its first [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Distinguished Public Service in 1966. In 1970 he joined The ''[[Washington Star]]'' as national correspondent, which landed him on the [[master list of Nixon political opponents]].


==References==
In 1973 to 1975 Doyle was Special Assistant to [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] Prosecutors [[Archibald Cox]], [[Leon Jaworski]] and [[Henry Ruth]]. His book on the battles of the Watergate prosecutors, ''Not Above The Law'', was published by [[William Morrow]] in 1977. From 1976 to 1983 he was chief political correspondent and deputy Washington bureau chief for ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine.
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He won the New York Newspaper Guild Page One Award in 1980 for the ''Newsweek'' cover article, "Is America Turning Right?"


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He's a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the advisory board of the [[Pew Center For Civic Journalism]], and an associate of the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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For fifteen years, Doyle ran the editorial operations for Army Times Publishing Company, a group of six national weeklies covering the military, defense, aerospace and civilian federal workers, now a division of the [[Gannett]].
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[[Category:Boston College alumni]]
Doyle retired in 1998, then suprvised the [[Committee of Concerned Journalists]] study "The Clinton/Lewinsky Story: How Accurate? How Fair?"
[[Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni]]

[[Category:Nieman Fellows]]
Since then he has been a senior adviser to [[Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities]], a non-profit set up by [[Ben Cohen (ice cream)|Ben Cohen]] of [[Ben & Jerry's]] aimed at educating the public to the need to shift 15% ($40 billion-plus) from defense procurement of cold war weapons to domestic programs such as child health insurance and [[Head Start]].

==References==


*Doyle, James S. Has Money Corrupted Washington Journalism? ''Nieman Reports'' Vol. 53 No. 4 Winter 1999


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James S. Doyle
Born
1935
Occupation(s)Journalist, activist

James S. "Jim" Doyle (born c. 1935) is an American journalist and activist.

History

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Prior to attending college, he worked for the State House News Service on Beacon Hill. He graduated from Boston College in 1956,[1] and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (with honors) in 1961.[2] He was a 1965 Society of Nieman Fellows awardee at Harvard University.[3]

Doyle retired in 1998, then supervised the Committee of Concerned Journalists study "The Clinton/Lewinsky Story: How Accurate? How Fair?"[4]

References

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  1. ^ Boston College Class of '56 donors[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Columbia Alumni Journal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
  3. ^ Nieman Fellowship Program Alumni Fellows, 1965. Archived 2006-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Doyle, James S. Has Money Corrupted Washington Journalism? Nieman Reports Vol. 53 No. 4 Winter 1999