Craig Pearson

About

Craig Pearson is the Managing Editor of the Windsor Star, overseeing all aspects of news production and newsroom personnel. He has worked as a manager, senior copy editor and reporter for more than three decades — at the Sherbrooke Record, the Montreal Daily News, and the Windsor Star. He has covered arts and entertainment and city hall and everything in between, served as a war correspondent in Afghanistan, and has won numerous awards, including as a co-winner of the National Newspaper Award Citation of Merit for the Windsor Star’s 2014 gun-running series. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in communication studies, has taught journalism part-time at the University of Windsor for 22 years, and is the author of two history books based on Windsor Star photos. He has also hosted many community events, including live televised election debates, and moderated numerous panel discussions on a wide variety of issues — and remains active in the community.