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Investigative Journalist Karl Grossman Looks Back At 50-Year Career

Publication: The East Hampton Press
By Shaye Weaver   May 8, 2012 3:22 PM
May 8, 2012 5:50 PM
Surrounded by piles of folders containing government documents and newspaper articles which line his home, Karl Grossman described his foray into investigative journalism as a “corny story,” but one that set the tone for his long and accomplished career.

To celebrate his 50 years of being a reporter on Long Island, Mr. Grossman, who is a journalism professor at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, will reflect at Canio’s Books on Saturday on his “corny story,” and his many efforts to expose the truth as an investigative reporter.

In 1960, Mr. Grossman was required to take on an internship as part of the curriculum at Antioch College in Ohio. Planning to become a professor of sociology, he decided to intern as a copy boy at the Cleveland Press,... more

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