Robert W. Greene

Robert William Greene, Sr. (July 12, 1929 – April 10, 2008) was a pioneering investigative journalist, who uncovered corruption in Arizona after a journalist was murdered there and twice helped Newsday win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. He spent 37 years as a reporter and editor at Newsday.

Biography

Early life

He was born on July 12, 1929 in Jamaica, Queens. He won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1970, for exposing land scandals on Long Island. Greene's daughter, Lea Greene, was murdered in 1989 during a break-in at her home.

Education

Greene attended Fordham University for two years.

Career

Greene worked for The Jersey Journal for many years as a reporter. Prior to working for Newsday, he worked as an investigator for the New York City Anti-Crime Committee. He joined Newsday in 1955. While working here, he worked various editing positions. Greene was most famous for his investigative work in what became known as the Arizona Project. The Arizona Project revealed how The Arizona Republic reporter, Don Bolles, was killed in a car bombing. Greene was a member of the Investigative Reporters and Editors, a national organization he helped start. He retired from Newsday in 1992. Upon retiring, he then began teaching courses in journalism at Hofstra University and State University of New York at Stony Brook.