Humans of Hopkins: Mike Spector
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article reports on an interview with Mike Spector, a Reuters investigative reporter and former News-Letter editor in chief, about his career and 2026 Pulitzer Prize.
- The News-Letter reported that Spector joined The News-Letter at Hopkins, became editor in chief in his senior year and met his wife, who was in student government.
- The paper reported that he began at a small Maryland newspaper, attended Columbia’s journalism school, worked at The Wall Street Journal for about 12 years and later joined Reuters.
- The article says Spector helped report Reuters’ series on Trump’s retribution campaign, which won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, and that he was “completely stunned” by the award.
- The reporter writes that Spector advised aspiring journalists to call people, meet them in person and be willing to work for small news outlets.