Hoyt, Robert Guy

▪ 2004

      American editor (b. Jan. 30, 1922, Clinton, Iowa—d. April 10, 2003, New York, N.Y.), transformed Roman Catholic journalism with the creation of the journal the National Catholic Reporter, the first Roman Catholic newspaper to use the standards of secular journalism. In 1967 the paper had a major scoop: the secret reports from the commission appointed by Pope Paul VI to review the church's position on birth control. Hoyt remained editor until 1971, after which he worked as executive editor and later editor in chief of Christianity & Crisis (1977–85) and as a senior writer at Commonweal (1989–2002).

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