Michael Oreskes is an American journalist who worked at the New York Daily News and for 20 years at The New York Times.
13 Facts About Michael Oreskes
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Michael Oreskes's father was a professor of medical laboratory sciences and former dean of the School of Health Sciences at Hunter College, City University of New York; his mother was a teacher.
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Michael Oreskes has three siblings: Naomi Oreskes, a historian of science; Daniel Oreskes, an actor; and Rebecca Oreskes, a writer and former US Forest Service ranger.
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Michael Oreskes earned his Bachelor of Arts from the City College of New York in 1975.
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Michael Oreskes covered City Hall at the New York Daily News before joining the New York Times in 1981.
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From 2005 to 2008, Michael Oreskes was executive editor of the International Herald Tribune.
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Michael Oreskes then joined the Associated Press, spending seven years there before joining NPR in 2015.
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Michael Oreskes is co-author, with Eric Lane, of The Genius of America, How the Constitution Saved Our Country and Why It Can Again.
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Two of the alleged incidents occurred in the 1990s while Michael Oreskes was Washington, DC, bureau chief for The New York Times; a third occurred in 2015 while he was employed by NPR.
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On October 31,2017, following a Washington Post article on the allegations of misconduct at the Times, Michael Oreskes was placed on an indefinite leave from his position at NPR.
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Staffers told CNN's Brian Stelter that Michael Oreskes created an oppressive atmosphere by abusing his position to meet young women.
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The Post reported that five more women at NPR had filed formal harassment complaints against Michael Oreskes, bringing the number who have accused him of misconduct to eight.
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In 1989, Michael Oreskes married journalist Geraldine Baum, who at the time was a reporter for Newsday.