Steve Eder

About

Steve Eder is an investigative reporter for The New York Times. He most recently reported on policing in America and shared in the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of articles examining deadly traffic stops. In recent years, Mr. Eder wrote extensively about former President Donald Trump, including his administration and business dealings. Mr. Eder also covered the Jeffrey Epstein case and reported on Harvey Weinstein. In 2018, Mr. Eder was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting on workplace sexual harassment issues. Mr. Eder previously covered the 2016 presidential campaign, writing in-depth articles about the candidates, from Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to Jeb Bush and Donald Trump. He joined The Times in 2012 in the Sports department, where he examined doping in baseball, domestic violence in the N.F.L., and Qatar’s ambitions to become an international soccer power. Before joining The Times, Mr. Eder covered hedge funds at The Wall Street Journal, where he later became a national legal correspondent. Earlier, he reported on Wall Street banks for Reuters in the aftermath of the financial crisis. He began his career at The Toledo Blade, where he was part of a reporting team that was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for uncovering an Ohio state government investment scandal. He is a Michigan native and graduate of Michigan State University. He also teaches courses at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.