Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p David Jules Enrich (born July 3, 1979) is an award-winning reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He was raised with two siblings in Lexington, Massachusetts, while his father taught law and his mother practiced psychology. In October, David became a story himself when he was threatened with prosecution by a British court for a Wall Street Journal story that named suspects in an investigation into alleged manipulation of an interest rate benchmark. The case was seen as another test of press freedom in the U.K. David Enrich kicked off his life in journalism as an intern at The Nation in Summer, 2000 and at U.S. News & World Report in 2001 and spent summers interning as a research assistant for the Tax Equity Alliance for Massachusetts, a non-profit think tank specializing in state tax and budgetary policy. Mr. Enrich received his Bachelor's degree in 2001 from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, majoring in government. While in college, Mr. Enrich co-founded claremontmckenna.com, the first online newspaper at the five Claremont Colleges. It promised "the word on the street" at CMC and was dubbed controversial by some for subjecting student leaders and faculty members to celebrity-grade scrutiny.Keeping busy he also founded and directed Citizens for True Democracy[www.truedemocracy.org], a Southern California grassroots organization that proposes replacing the Electoral College with direct voting when a student at Claremont McKenna College.After leaving college David debated whether to work at a public policy think-tank, before deciding on journalism. He began his career in journalism at newswire, State News Service. He served as a Washington correspondent covering Congress, the White House and federal regulatory agencies for several regional newspapers including the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Wisconsin State Journal and the Philadelphia Daily News.David started his Dow Jones (and business journalism) career in 2003 as a reporter with Corporate Filings Alert in Washington, scouring SEC filings for tidbits of news. He moved to New York in 2005 to cover the banking industry for Dow Jones Newswires. He joined the Wall Street Journal in December 2007 in New York, writing about the U.S. banking industry, with a particular focus on Citigroup. In 2007, David, along with a team of reporters, won the SABEW Breaking News award for Wall Street Journal coverage of the resignation of Citigroup CEO Charles Prince. He was part of a team of Journal reporters who were finalists for a Loeb Award in 2008 and for a Pulitzer Prize in 2009.David Enrich currently works in the Wall Street Journal's London office, which he joined in March 2010. He works with Charles Forelle. He was nominated for a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the European debt crisis and for a Loeb award that year for “USA Inc.: The State of Capitalism”. David was also part of a Wall Street Journal team that won an Overseas Press Club of America award for ‘Best newspaper or news service interpretation of international affairs’ for a series on the crisis called “European Disunion.” In March 2012 David was named the Journal's European Banking Editor; in September 2013, he was promoted to Europe Banking and Insurance Editor. Over the summer of 2012, David, who also holds German citizenship, helped out with the Journal's Olympics coverage, covering events that ranged from boxing to beach-volleyball. David was interviewed live, on broadcast media, during the opening ceremony and other events. He lives in London with his wife, who works for a nonprofit organization, and young son. He is a supporter of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team, a Boston Red Sox fan and plays Blackjack.On October 17 a British judge ordered David and the Wall Street Journal to comply with a request by the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office prohibiting the newspaper from publishing names of individuals in the government's ongoing investigation into alleged manipulation of the London interbank offered rate. David was threatened with jail if he disobeyed. The situation was covered in the press as an example of the restrictions the media face in the U.K. from courts that impose reporting restrictions to prevent journalists from reporting details that prosecutors believe could jeopardize an investigation or case and by celebrities keen to cover up indiscretions. Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Journal, described the injunction as "serious affront to press freedom." On October 21, an English judge said he wouldn't renew the court order saying there was "no basis" for the reporting restrictions.. }
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- David_Enrich abstract "David Jules Enrich (born July 3, 1979) is an award-winning reporter at the Wall Street Journal. He was raised with two siblings in Lexington, Massachusetts, while his father taught law and his mother practiced psychology. In October, David became a story himself when he was threatened with prosecution by a British court for a Wall Street Journal story that named suspects in an investigation into alleged manipulation of an interest rate benchmark. The case was seen as another test of press freedom in the U.K. David Enrich kicked off his life in journalism as an intern at The Nation in Summer, 2000 and at U.S. News & World Report in 2001 and spent summers interning as a research assistant for the Tax Equity Alliance for Massachusetts, a non-profit think tank specializing in state tax and budgetary policy. Mr. Enrich received his Bachelor's degree in 2001 from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, majoring in government. While in college, Mr. Enrich co-founded claremontmckenna.com, the first online newspaper at the five Claremont Colleges. It promised "the word on the street" at CMC and was dubbed controversial by some for subjecting student leaders and faculty members to celebrity-grade scrutiny.Keeping busy he also founded and directed Citizens for True Democracy[www.truedemocracy.org], a Southern California grassroots organization that proposes replacing the Electoral College with direct voting when a student at Claremont McKenna College.After leaving college David debated whether to work at a public policy think-tank, before deciding on journalism. He began his career in journalism at newswire, State News Service. He served as a Washington correspondent covering Congress, the White House and federal regulatory agencies for several regional newspapers including the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Wisconsin State Journal and the Philadelphia Daily News.David started his Dow Jones (and business journalism) career in 2003 as a reporter with Corporate Filings Alert in Washington, scouring SEC filings for tidbits of news. He moved to New York in 2005 to cover the banking industry for Dow Jones Newswires. He joined the Wall Street Journal in December 2007 in New York, writing about the U.S. banking industry, with a particular focus on Citigroup. In 2007, David, along with a team of reporters, won the SABEW Breaking News award for Wall Street Journal coverage of the resignation of Citigroup CEO Charles Prince. He was part of a team of Journal reporters who were finalists for a Loeb Award in 2008 and for a Pulitzer Prize in 2009.David Enrich currently works in the Wall Street Journal's London office, which he joined in March 2010. He works with Charles Forelle. He was nominated for a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the European debt crisis and for a Loeb award that year for “USA Inc.: The State of Capitalism”. David was also part of a Wall Street Journal team that won an Overseas Press Club of America award for ‘Best newspaper or news service interpretation of international affairs’ for a series on the crisis called “European Disunion.” In March 2012 David was named the Journal's European Banking Editor; in September 2013, he was promoted to Europe Banking and Insurance Editor. Over the summer of 2012, David, who also holds German citizenship, helped out with the Journal's Olympics coverage, covering events that ranged from boxing to beach-volleyball. David was interviewed live, on broadcast media, during the opening ceremony and other events. He lives in London with his wife, who works for a nonprofit organization, and young son. He is a supporter of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team, a Boston Red Sox fan and plays Blackjack.On October 17 a British judge ordered David and the Wall Street Journal to comply with a request by the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office prohibiting the newspaper from publishing names of individuals in the government's ongoing investigation into alleged manipulation of the London interbank offered rate. David was threatened with jail if he disobeyed. The situation was covered in the press as an example of the restrictions the media face in the U.K. from courts that impose reporting restrictions to prevent journalists from reporting details that prosecutors believe could jeopardize an investigation or case and by celebrities keen to cover up indiscretions. Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Journal, described the injunction as "serious affront to press freedom." On October 21, an English judge said he wouldn't renew the court order saying there was "no basis" for the reporting restrictions.".