Gary J. Marx

(MS, London School of Economics)

Gary J. Marx, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, was the paper’s Havana bureau chief from 2002–07, covering Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, and Haiti. He previously served as the newspaper’s South America correspondent from 1990 to 1994 and also worked as an investigative and city reporter specializing in criminal justice issues. He will be the Hewlett Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute in spring 2008, joining his wife, freelance journalist Cecilia Vaisman, who was a visiting fellow in the fall and will be a guest scholar this spring.

For their Kellogg project, Marx and Vaisman are writing a book about their experience of living in Cuba, covering the social, political, and economic changes in the country during the four-year period and looking ahead to the post-Castro era. They will also teach an undergraduate course on contemporary Cuba.

Marx received the 2007 Maria Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University for his coverage of Cuba. His other awards include the Inter-American Press Association Human Rights Award, the Associated Press Managing Editor's Public Service Award, and a Citation of Excellence from the Overseas Press Club. Marx was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. In 2001, he was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University.