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'''Michael E. Sprengelmeyer''' (who uses the byline M.E. Sprengelmeyer) is an [[United States|American]] newspaper reporter. For the ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'', he covered the [[Iraq War]] and the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 US presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/sprengelmeyer/|title=Back Roads to the White House|accessdate=November 2, 2009 |work=Rocky Mountain News|last= Sprengelmeyer |first=M.E.|authorlink= M.E. Sprengelmeyer}}</ref> At the time the ''Rocky'' closed (February 2009), he was its [[Washington, D.C.]] correspondent.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12communicator.html|title=A Reporter With a ‘Tom Sawyer Business Plan’ Buys a Newspaper|last=Pérez-Peña|first= Richard |date=October 11, 2009|accessdate= November 2, 2009|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

'''Michael E. Sprengelmeyer''' (who uses the byline M.E. Sprengelmeyer) is an [[United States|American]] newspaper reporter. For the ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'', he covered the [[Iraq War]] and the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 US presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/sprengelmeyer/|title=Back Roads to the White House|accessdate=November 2, 2009 |work=Rocky Mountain News|last= Sprengelmeyer |first=M.E.|authorlink= M.E. Sprengelmeyer}}</ref> At the time the ''Rocky'' closed (February 2009), he was its [[Washington, D.C.]] correspondent.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12communicator.html|title=A Reporter With a ‘Tom Sawyer Business Plan’ Buys a Newspaper|last=Pérez-Peña|first= Richard |date=October 11, 2009|accessdate= November 2, 2009|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>



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==Personal==

==Personal==

Outside from reporting, he was once a [[Wrigley Field]] usher, accordion player, and played in a band called "News Hole".<ref name="rocky mountain news">{{cite web|title=M.E. Sprengelmeyer|url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/staff/me-sprengelmeyer/|publisher=Rocky Mountain News|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> Michael Sprengelmeyer became "M.E." twenty years ago when he realized that his full name would not fit in a column width.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|last=Perez-Pena|first=Richard|title=A Reporter With a ‘Tom Sawyer Business Plan’ Buys a Newspaper|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12communicator.html|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref>

Outside from reporting, he was once a [[Wrigley Field]] usher, accordion player, and played in a band called "News Hole".<ref name="rocky mountain news">{{cite web|title=M.E. Sprengelmeyer|url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/staff/me-sprengelmeyer/|publisher=Rocky Mountain News|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> Michael Sprengelmeyer became "M.E." twenty years ago when he realized that his full name would not fit in a column width.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|last=Perez-Pena|first=Richard|title=A Reporter With a ‘Tom Sawyer Business Plan’ Buys a Newspaper|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12communicator.html|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref>



==References==

==References==


Revision as of 05:12, 25 February 2017

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

Sprengelmeyer obtained his degree from Northwestern University in 1989.

Career

Sprengelmeyer worked in the Rocky's Washington bureau since 2001. In 2002, he traveled with the US Marines in the war in Afghanistan.[3]

In August 2009, Sprengelmeyer bought the weekly New Mexico Guadalupe County Communicator and became its owner, publisher, editor, and primary writer.[2]

Personal

Outside from reporting, he was once a Wrigley Field usher, accordion player, and played in a band called "News Hole".[3] Michael Sprengelmeyer became "M.E." twenty years ago when he realized that his full name would not fit in a column width.[4]

References

  1. ^ Sprengelmeyer, M.E. "Back Roads to the White House". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
  • ^ a b 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.
  • ^ a b "M.E. Sprengelmeyer". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  • ^ Perez-Pena, Richard. "A Reporter With a 'Tom Sawyer Business Plan' Buys a Newspaper". New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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