Professor
Magazine Journalism
Author and Freelance Magazine Writer

213 Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200

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STEVE WEINBERG graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1970, returning later for a master's degree. He started in newspaper newsrooms, moved to magazines so he could write longer features, and then shifted to book writing with its immense word counts. Today, he supplements his book writing with freelance magazine features, newspaper op-ed pieces and book reviews. His books include a guide to journalism in Washington, D.C. ("Trade Secrets of Washington Journalists," Acropolis, 1981), a biography of Armand Hammer (Little, Brown, 1989), a guide to reading and writing biography ("Telling the Untold Story," University of Missouri Press, 1992), and "The Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's Guide to Documents and Techniques," published by St. Martin's Press and commissioned by Investigative Reporters and Editors, 1996. Weinberg is currently writing a biography of Ida Tarbell under contract to W.W. Norton and the centennial history of the Missouri School of Journalism, commissioned by Dean Mills and under contract to the University of Missouri Press.

When in the classroom, Weinberg alternately teaches in-depth reporting/writing courses and a reviewing/criticism course. Weinberg joined the Missouri School of Journalism faculty in 1978 as director of its Washington, D.C., reporting program. In 1983, he moved to Columbia, Mo., to serve as executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., a professional organization with thousands of members that is physically located at the J-School. Weinberg stepped aside as IRE executive director in 1990 to spend more time with his family, but continues to contribute to IRE's magazine as a writer and copyeditor.

Weinberg is the father of two children, one of whom graduated from the Missouri Journalism School in 2002.