Neil Steinberg Bio | Wiki
Neil Steinberg is a popular American journalist and author. As of now, Neil works as a columnist at Chicago Sun-Times since 1987. Before, Neil worked as a contributor to Rolling Stone. Additionally, Neil has also written for web sites, including Salon and Forbes.com.
Neil Steinberg Age
Neil was born on June 10, 1960, in Ohio, in the United States. He is 62 years old. Neil celebrates his birthday on June 10, every year.
Neil Steinberg Height
He is a man of average stature. Neil stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in ( Approx1.72 m).
Neil Steinberg Family
He was born in Ohio, in the United States to his caring and supportive parents. Neil is the proud son of Robert, who spent most of his career with NASA, serving there for 30 years studying lasers, subatomic particles as well as weather patterns. Presently, Neil has not mentioned much regarding his mother and siblings.
Neil Steinberg Wife
Neil is happily married to his wife Edie (née Goldberg) Steinberg. The pair has two sons and resides in Northbrook, Illinois. Neil was charged with domestic battery in 2005 due to slapping his wife as she tried to call 9-1-1 to report abuse.
Neil Steinberg Education
After completing his primary and high school education, Neil attended Northwestern University in 1978. Later on, Neil graduated in 1995 from Northwestern University earning a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.
Neil Steinberg Chicago Sun-Times
He works as a columnist at Chicago Sun-Times since 1987. Before, Neil worked as a contributor to Rolling Stone.
He started his career working in Los Angeles in public relations. Neil came back to the Chicago area, where he freelanced and started his journalism career in Chicago’s suburbs, serving for the Barrington Courier-Review. Later on, Neil wrote for the now-defunct Wheaton Daily Journal newspaper but became fired following writing a column that made fun of the paper’s publisher. He joined the Chicago Sun-Times in 1987. Following an extended paternity leave in 1996, Neil started writing three columns a week for the paper and working on the paper’s editorial board.
For a period of two years beginning in 1995, Neil wrote the “Bobwatch” column in the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper, skewering the columns written by the Chicago Tribune’s Bob Greene. Neil authored the column using the nom de plume Ed Gold, a name he also used for the Reader’s True Books column. Following the firing of Greene by the Tribune in 2002 for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a high school girl who had come to his office to interview him for her school newspaper, Neil wrote an article for Salon.com in September 2002 that mocked Greene and finished with the line “Who will we make fun of now?”
He started writing columns on the side for the New York Daily News in 2005. Following his arrest for domestic abuse in 2005, Neil was dropped from the Sun-Times’ editorial board but added a fourth column per week. Neil was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2013 as a Friend of the Community. His column in the Sun-Times was cut from four days a week to one in June 2013.
Neil Steinberg Blog
He created his own blog in July 2013, in order to highlight his writing apart from the Sun-Times, titled everygoddamnday.com. Neil in response to a query from a reader, in 2014, wrote his own advance obituary on his blog.
Neil Steinberg Books
– If at All Possible, Involve a Cow: The Book of College Pranks (1992)
– Complete and Utter Failure: A Celebration of Also-Rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops (1994)
– The Alphabet of Modern Annoyances (1996)
– Don’t Give Up the Ship: Finding My Father While Lost at Sea (2002)
– Hatless Jack (2004)
– Drunkard (2008)
– You Were Never in Chicago (2012)
– Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery (2016)
Neil Steinberg Salary
He earns a satisfying amount from his work as a columnist at Chicago Sun-Times since 1987. Neil’s average salary is $ 79,196 per year.
Neil Steinberg Net Worth
He gets his wealth from his work as a columnist at Chicago Sun-Times since 1987. Therefore, Neil has accumulated a decent fortune over the years he has worked. Neil’s estimated net worth is $756,102.
Is Neil Steinberg Married
Yes. Neil is happily married to his wife Edie (née Goldberg) Steinberg. The pair has two sons and resides in Northbrook, Illinois. Neil was charged with domestic battery in 2005 due to slapping his wife as she tried to call 9-1-1 to report abuse.
Who Is Neil Steinberg
Neil works as a columnist at Chicago Sun-Times since 1987. Before, Neil worked as a contributor to Rolling Stone. Additionally, Neil has also written for web sites, including Salon and Forbes.com.