Dr. Steven Brill

Biography

Steven Brill is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, and a longtime journalist and author. He is known for his special report in TIME titled "Bitter Pill: Medical Bills Killing Us," which won the 2014 National Magazine Award and inspired the 2015 bestseller, "America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, Fight Fix Broken Healthcare System." His other notable works include "Class Warfare: Fight Fix America’s Schools" (2011) and "Rebuilding Defending America in the September 12th Era" (2003). Brill's latest book, "Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall – and Those Fighting to Reverse It," became a bestseller published by Knopf in 2018. In March 2018, he co-founded NewsGuard Technologies, a news service that reviews the reliability and credibility of news websites, where he serves as co-CEO alongside Gordon Crovitz. Brill and Crovitz previously co-founded Journalism Online, creating a business model for 500 newspapers and magazines to launch paid content initiatives via the Press+ e-commerce platform, which was acquired by RR Donnelley in 2011. He also founded and ran Court TV, and has been involved with American Lawyer Magazine and Brill’s Content magazine. His wife, Cynthia Brill, a graduate of Yale College, serves as General Counsel for NewsGuard and co-founded the Yale Journalism Initiative in 2006 to encourage and support students pursuing careers in journalism.

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