Tony Ortega

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Ortega
Occupation	Blogger
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1963(1963-05-23)
Age	61
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Gemini

Tony Ortega Biography

Tony Ortega is one of the most popular and richest Blogger who was born on May 23, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Tony’s father, also named Tony Ortega (1938-2019), was a musician, guitarist, and songwriter, starting in the late 1950s and throughout his life. He also had a career in the steel industry, joining at the entry level and rising through the ranks to become a general manager.

Ortega first reported on Scientology in 1995 while working at the Phoenix New Times and continued covering the subject throughout his career under various media outlets in the Voice Media Group. In September 2012, Ortega publicly announced his resignation from The Village Voice in a post to the Voice’s “Runnin’ Scared” blog. According to former staffers, Ortega’s “exit from the Voice was not his decision” and “his relentless pursuit of scoops on the controversial church may have been a distraction during his final months at the paper.”

Tony Ortega Net Worth

Tony Ortega is one of the richest Blogger from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Ortega 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a graduate student at the University of California, Ortega researched the California Agricultural Strike 1933 under the tutelage of Louis Owens. He later wrote an article about his research in the Village Voice. In her review of Ortega’s article, Carolyn Kellogg wrote, “When Ortega gets his grandfather and great half-uncle to tell him stories of the strike, it’s exactly the first-person narrative he’d been hoping for. But I found, reading the stories in his article, that they were simply personal anecdotes — interesting anecdotes, sure, but simple anecdotes. The men camped under eucalyptus trees. They played clarinet and violin for the strikers.”

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The executive editor of the Voice told the Media Decoder blog of The New York Times that Ortega “…did a great job for us and managed a difficult transition in a miserable economy… During that time he became the single most informed reporter on Scientology. No one is better positioned to write the book on that organization.” According to a 2012 Observer article, some staffers at the Voice expressed concern over Ortega’s exclusive focus on writing anti- Scientology pieces. “He was increasingly obsessed with Scientology and had neglected almost all of his editorial duties at the paper,” an ex-staffer said. “Sometimes he wouldn’t even edit features.”

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Ty Ranked on the list of most popular Blogger. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tony Ortega celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

In May 2015, Ortega released a book about Scientology critic Paulette Cooper and her conflict with the organization, entitled The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, which was published by Silvertail Books, an imprint of London-based literary agent and independent publisher Humfrey Hunter. The book focuses on the journalist Paulette Cooper, codenamed ‘Miss Lovely’ by the church, who became one of the first journalists to investigate the practices of harassment and intimidation of anyone who spoke publicly against the organization with her own published book, The Scandal of Scientology. Ortega’s research into Cooper’s story uncovered many previously unpublished operations by the church against Cooper, and included testimony from FBI Special Agent Christine Hansen. In an official response to the book from the church a spokesperson declined to revisit the subject and referred to Ortega as ‘a parasite’. The book was well received by critics of Scientology and has been described as among the best of the genre as well as shocking. Although Cooper reached a financial settlement with the church in 1985, Ortega was accompanied by Cooper on some of the subsequent international book tour.

Who is anthony Ortega?

Anthony Robert “Tony” Ortega (born June 7, 1928 in Los Angeles, California) is an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist. Ortega began to play the saxophone at age 14 and studied the instrument under Lloyd Reese. He played in 1947 with Earle Spencer, but from 1948 to 1951 he served in the U.S. Army.

Does Tony Ortega have a podcast?

Ortega is the co-host, along with James Underdown and Jerry Minor, of The Cult Awareness Podcast that discusses Scientology, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other subjects.