Steven Gray is an American writer , editor , and producer . For more than a decade Gray worked as a reporter for '' TIME '' magazine , '' The Wall Street Journal '' , and '' The Washington Post '' . In 2009 , he opened Time Inc. ’s Detroit office as bureau chief , developing content for '' TIME '' , '' Fortune '' and '' People '' magazines . Between 2010 and 2012 he was '' TIME '' 's Washington correspondent covering the intersection of politics , policy and business . His coverage has included Barack Obama , the Great Recession , poverty , education , criminal justice reform , the global food industry , corporate governance , BP 's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill , Aretha Franklin , Michael Jackson , the same-sex marriage debate , Hurricane Katrina , and the Sept. 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks . Gray was born in New Orleans and received a B.A. degree in journalism from Howard University , where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper , '' The Hilltop '' . He studied international relations at the University of Kent 's Brussels School of International Studies . In 2012 and 2013 , he taught journalism at Howard University and George Washington University . He has been a Poynter Institute ethics fellow , and a fellow at the University of California at Berkeley 's Knight Digital Media Center . He has provided analysis on National Public Radio , PBS , CNBC , MSNBC , Fox , and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . He lives in New York
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Steven Gray (American journalist)