Albert Scardino (born 1948 or 1949[1]) is an American journalist and former publisher of The Georgia Gazette who is known for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1984.
[5] On April 10, 1978, he started The Georgia Gazette with his wife Majorie on $50,000 raised among family and friends and the two managed the daily operations of the newspaper as publishers and maintained a staff of around twenty.
[3][9] He later moved to the United Kingdom with his wife after she was promoted to the CEO of the Economist Group and worked as a journalist and executive editor of The Guardian from 2002 to 2004.
[12][13] Outside of his journalism career, he owned Notts County F.C., the world's oldest professional association football club, in a futile attempt to help it get out of debt.
[17] The couple has three children, including Hal Scardino, who was a child actor known for playing the protagonist in The Indian in the Cupboard and two films Searching for Bobby Fischer and Marvin's Room.