Steve Alperin Biography
Steve Alperin is a producer, writer, and media executive. He worked at ABC News as a writer and producer, and he was the senior producer for Peter Jennings’ lead news broadcast.
Steve Alperin Age
Steve was born in the United States of America.
Steve Alperin Education
Alperin possesses an MBA from Columbia University as well as a BA in government from Harvard.
Steve Alperin Career- ABC News
Alperin is the creator and CEO of SurvivorNet, a cancer information portal. He worked at ABC News as a writer and producer, and he was the senior producer for Peter Jennings’ lead news broadcast. When the incident surrounding Congressman Mark Foley and sexually explicit emails to minor congressional pages surfaced in 2006, he was the editor in control of ABC’s website. The Foley story and its evolution are recognized as pivotal events in a major news organization’s use of the internet to advance investigative reporting. There is still some controversy about the timing of the news, which broke just a few months before the 2006 midterm elections, and the extent to which the scandal depressed turnout.
Alperin joined the crew of The Daily, a news app for iPad founded by Rupert Murdoch’s newsgroup, in 2010. Alperin was appointed Chief Business Officer of the news portal Vocativ in 2013. He and his co-founder Scott Cohen met at ABC News and enlisted the help of other notable journalists to combat fake news. He departed the corporation once its leadership was reorganized. He co-founded SurvivorNet, a website that provides cancer survivors with information. His inspiration came from his father’s cancer diagnosis and the lack of precise information about it. The Atlantic’s “People v. Cancer” panel has named Alperin an important voice in cancer research. The Writers Guild of America has given Alperin two prizes.
Steve Alperin’s Net Worth
Alperin has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
