Rebecca Blumenstein has been Deputy Managing Editor of The New York Times since February 2017, where she focuses on making sure The Times remains an essential destination for readers interested in business, finance, economics and technology. Before that, Blumenstein was the Page 1 Editor, Deputy Managing Editor and International Editor. Previously, she was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal. She received a 1993 New York Newswomen’s Front Page Award for best deadline writing for her coverage of the aftermath of the Long Island Railroad shootings. In 2003 she was part of a team that won the Gerald Loeb Award for deadline writing, she oversaw the China team that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2007, and she was named to the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship for 2009. Blumenstein holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and social science from the University of Michigan, where she was Editor in Chief of the Michigan Daily.