Joe Ferullo

Joe Ferullo

Joe Ferullo is the CEO and Publisher of the National Catholic Reporter. He had served on the NCR’s board of directors since 2018.

Joe was previously an Executive Vice President of Programming at CBS, overseeing several long-running shows, developing new programs, and helping guide his division’s transition to digital media. Joe negotiated several key digital content deals with leading digital companies like
Microsoft.

Before his time at CBS, Joe worked as a journalist. He was a senior level producer at NBC News, for the program Dateline NBC. He won an Emmy award as part of the NBC team covering the events of 9/11 and an Emmy nomination for his story about the children of Amer-Asian Vietnam war refugees.

He was producer or reporter for ABC News, Hearst newspapers, and Rolling Stone magazine. Joe has written essays for the Village Voice and the New York Times’ op-ed page.

In 2009, NCR published his essay about growing up in a working-class parish, titled “WhenVatican II Came to the Bronx.” For several years, he contributed to NCR and to the NCR Today blog online.

He’s a graduate of Columbia University. Joe lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Sylvia Lopez, and their two grown daughters. Sylvia was a veteran news anchor for CBS stations and is now a public health researcher at UCLA.
Pope Francis participates in morning prayer during a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people in this file photo from 2018. The first of two synods on synodality will convene in Rome on Oct. 4. (CNS/Vatican Media)
Sep 20, 2023

Follow NCR as we report on Pope Francis' momentous Synod of Bishops

One of the most important gatherings in the long history of the Catholic Church will begin in just a few days, with the opening of the Synod of Bishops. NCR will be there in strength to report on this momentous event.

Aug 28, 2023

A note from NCR's publisher as editor Heidi Schlumpf moves into a new role

Heidi Schlumpf, NCR's executive editor since 2020, will be taking on a new role as a senior correspondent. Publisher Joe Ferullo writes to readers about the change.

A photo taken at sunset of a family gathered by the shore (Unsplash/Tyler Nix)
Jun 17, 2023

As memory fades, a father's life becomes clearer

This Father's Day, NCR publisher Joe Ferullo reflects on the experience of caring for his father-in-law in a time of crisis.

Pope John XXIII leads the opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 11, 1962. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano)
Feb 13, 2023

Pope Francis is redefining 'the spirit of Vatican II'

Over the next few weeks, we'll examine the decade past and the years to come for Francis, a pope who seems to redefine for a new generation a special spirit born three generations ago.

People holding lighted candles leave St. Peter's Basilica after Pope Francis celebrated Mass Oct. 11 to mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. (CNS/Vatican Media)
Dec 01, 2022

The church is, once again, at a crossroads

This is my first time writing for this space since I became publisher of the National Catholic Reporter just a couple of weeks ago. I'm new to the job — but I'm not new to NCR and what it means to so many people.

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Mario Cuomo understood gray areas, which made him very Catholic

Oct 30, 2014

The wimp factor

Jul 28, 2014

At odds with ourselves

Jun 09, 2014

Singing Italian nun shows subtle shift in church under Francis

May 20, 2014

Bringing attention to the 'skills gap'

Mar 20, 2014

Finding ways to be alone together is a new American pastime

Feb 21, 2014

The Prodigal Son and our times

Jan 10, 2014

Jesuits made a mistake in letting John Dear go

Dec 10, 2013

Inequality works for me!

Oct 08, 2013

Could 'mea culpa' help solve the government shutdown?

Sep 17, 2013

The latest delusion of grandeur a product of TV-obsessed culture

Sep 11, 2013

Does increased wealth explain the decline of the West's religious fervor?

Aug 19, 2013

Late-night comedian's thoughtful take on popular culture something to see

Jul 23, 2013

A new way to measure time

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Living an authentic life - but authentic to what?

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