Steven Malanga

Steve Malanga is a Contributing Editor of City Journal and a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He writes about the intersection of urban economies, business communities, and public policy. Prior to joining City Journal, Malanga was executive editor of Crain’s New York Business for seven years, serving on the publication’s editorial board and writing a weekly column. He also supervised special projects, including investigative stories. Before that, Malanga served for seven years as managing editor of Crain’s. During his tenure at the publication it twice won the General Excellence award from the Association of Area Business Publications (AABP). In 1995, Malanga was a finalist for a Gerald Loeb Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism for the series “Nonprofits: New York’s new Tammany Hall,” which he co-authored. In 1998, a series he co-authored, “Tort-ured State,” about the influence of trial lawyers in New York State, was voted best investigative story of the year by the AABP. The previous year, a computer-assisted project that Steve designed, reported, and wrote on Small Business Administration loans in New York City was voted one of the year’s best investigative stories by AABP. Malanga has also written articles on various topics for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, New York Post, and other publications. Malanga is the author of The New New Left (Ivan R. Dee, 2005). Malanga holds an M.A. in English Literature and Language from the University of Maryland, where he worked for several years as a Master Teacher helping to oversee the university’s writing program. He received his B.A. in English Literature and Language from St. Vincent’s College in Latrobe, PA. Steven Malanga was born and raised in Newark, NJ.