Robert Steiner

Robert Steiner is Director of the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. The Fellowships are a fundamentally new type of post-graduate training in global journalism, for starting journalists with advanced knowledge of complex disciplines. Robert began his career as a global finance correspondent for The Wall Street Journal with postings in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo, where he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, won two Overseas Press Club awards and the Inter-American Press Association Award. After leaving The Wall Street Journal, Robert received his Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and then worked as a business strategy executive, first at The Boston Consulting Group and later as Group Vice President in charge of Strategic Planning for Bell Globemedia, parent of The Globe and Mail and CTV. From 2005 to 2010, Robert was Assistant Vice President of the University of Toronto, in charge of Strategic Communications. He has also held a number of senior campaign positions in Canadian politics. In 2002 and 2003, he served as health policy advisor and principal speechwriter for the Hon. Paul Martin, during his candidacy for the premiership of Canada and during his subsequent tenure as Prime Minister-designate. In 2000, he managed the Liberal Party of Canada’s new media campaign in the period leading to and during the federal general election, working for Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Outside of work, Robert is engaged in independent writing projects focused on the role of religion in secular society. He lives in Toronto with his wife, daughter and son.