The New York Times; The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and The New York Times (book)
Spouse(s)
Allyn Baum (divorce); Stanley Levey (d. 1971); William Warfield Ross (d. 2006)[1]
Children
5 stepchildren
Nan C. Robertson (July 11, 1926 – October 13, 2009) was an American journalist, author and instructor in journalism. Her awards included a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Robertson joined the staff of The New York Times in 1955, beginning as a general assignment reporter for the city desk and women's news.
From 1963 to 1972, Robertson was a Washington correspondent, focusing on the White House, Congress, presidential campaigns and voting and campus political trends across the United States. From 1972 to 1975, she was based in Paris, covering France, neighboring countries and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. From 1975 to 1982, Robertson reported for the Living and Style sections.
In 1983, Robertson won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for Toxic Shock, her medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome, a cover story for The New York Times Magazine that at that time became the most widely syndicated article in Times history.[4]
She formally retired from the Times in 1988 (serving her last five years as a reporter on the cultural news desk), but continued to write for the paper until 1996.
In 1994, Robertson became the first Eugene L. Roberts Visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland.[2]
