Steve Alperin

Steve Alperin is an influential figure in the television news industry as an editor, producer, and writer at ABC News. Alperin served as Peter Jennings's head writer and producer for most of the ABC anchor's last decade at the helm of World News Tonight. Alperin was later the editor in charge of ABC's website when it broke the scandal involving Congressmen Mark Foley and sexually explicit emails to underage congressional pages. The Foley story and its evolution are cited as important moments in the use of the internet to further investigative reporting at a major news organization. The ABC anchorman Charles Gibson was quoted as saying he initially didn't think the story was suitable for his program.

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Some debate still exists about the timing of the story only a few months before the 2004 mid-term elections, and to what degree the scandal suppressed turnout [ [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/campaign_diary/florida/archive/2006/10/the_foley_scandal_affects_the.htm USNews&WR] ]

Alperin is the recipient of two awards from the Writers Guild of America. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001698671]