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Revision as of 20:26, 20 January 2006 by Matt Gomez (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Christopher Ruddy is a noted journalist, author and entrepreneur.
Mr. Ruddy currently serves as CEO and President of NewsMax Media, Inc.
In 1999, a Newsweek cover story named him one of America's top 20 most influential new media personalities.
NewsMax Media is the parent company of a news Web site, www.newsmax.com, advertised as “America’s News Page,” and a monthly magazine, also called NewsMax Magazine, which provide in-depth and comprehensive news, politics and independent commentary.
NewsMax Media is a multimedia publishing company that publishes online and offline content in the fields of news, politics, health and finance.
Mr. Ruddy has also been a much in demand media commentator, Ruddy has been a featured guest on radio programs around the world as well as numerous TV programs, including CNN’s Sunday Morning Show, CNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNBC’s Rivera Live, Fox News Channel, NBC’s Unsolved Mysteries, CBS’s 60 Minutes, as well as C-SPAN, PBS, BET and other networks.
As a journalist, Ruddy has broken numerous stories that have received national acclaim. In 1992 he first exposed revelations that a PBS documentary had fabricated key facts – causing PBS to withdraw their support for the film – the first time the agency had made such a move.
At the New York Post, Ruddy’s series on abuses of Social Security Disability programs led to national media attention and Congressional reforms. Also at the Post, Mr. Ruddy broke several stories relating to the death investigation of deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster.
He continued his reporting on that case, and Clinton-Gore scandals as a correspondent with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. In 1997, Mr. Ruddy authored The Strange Death of Vincent Foster: An Investigation published by Simon & Schuster's Free Press.
His book received the endorsement of former FBI Director William Sessions, who said Mr. Ruddy's reporting "argued a persuasive case that the American public has not been told the complete facts" of the Foster death.
In 1997, Ruddy was named a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.
In 1998, Mr. Ruddy founded NewsMax Media, Inc.
As Editor of NewsMax Magazine, his monthly garnished a Silver Eddie award in the News/Commentary category of the 2005 Eddies, the prestigious journalism awards presented by Folio magazine in New York City.
In addition, in 2005 NewsMax Magazine won membership in the leading magazine-industry watchdog organization, the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The ABC provides independent audits of print circulation, readership and Web site activity.
Mr. Ruddy holds a B.A. summa cum laude in History from St. John's University in New York and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the London School of Economics. He has also studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Columbia University and Stanford University.