Michael E. Sprengelmeyer (who uses the byline M.E. Sprengelmeyer) is an American newspaper reporter. For the Rocky Mountain News, he covered the Iraq War and the 2008 US presidential campaign.[1] At the time the Rocky closed (February 2009), he was its Washington, D.C. correspondent.[2]
Education
editSprengelmeyer obtained his degree from Northwestern University in 1989.[3]
Career
editSprengelmeyer worked in the Rocky's Washington bureau since 2001. In 2002, he traveled with the US Marines in the war in Afghanistan.[4]
In August 2009, Sprengelmeyer bought the weekly New Mexico Guadalupe County Communicator and became its owner, publisher, editor, and primary writer.[2]
Personal
editOutside from reporting, he was once a Wrigley Field usher, accordion player, and played in a band called "News Hole".[4] Michael Sprengelmeyer became "M.E." twenty years ago when he realized that his full name would not fit in a column width.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Sprengelmeyer, M.E. "Back Roads to the White House". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- 1 2 Pérez-Peña, Richard (October 11, 2009). "A Reporter With a 'Tom Sawyer Business Plan' Buys a Newspaper". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- ↑ "M.E. Sprengelmeyer". 828 News Now. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- 1 2 "M.E. Sprengelmeyer". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ Perez-Pena, Richard. "A Reporter With a 'Tom Sawyer Business Plan' Buys a Newspaper". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
Further reading
edit- Sprengelmeyer, M.E. (December 16, 2006). "Sure it's a big suit to fill, but I'm just the man for the job". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- Foreman, Tom (May 17, 2010). "Building Up America: Newspaper survives when others fail". CNN. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- Higgs Nenad, Deena (February 17, 2011). "Extra, Extra, Read All About It". Editor and Publisher. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
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