Albert Scardino grew up in Savannah, Georgia, and graduated from Savannah Country Day School. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts at Columbia University in New York, he went on to get his Master of Arts in journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1974 he married Marjorie Morris. Marjorie Morris Scardino was raised in Texas and received her Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco. The couple moved to Savannah in 1978 and Marjorie Scardino joined the firm of Brannen, Wessels, and Searcy. In Savannah, the Scardinos founded the Georgia Gazette, a weekly newspaper with a mission to provide Savannah with a more liberal approach to the local news. The newspaper ran from 10 April 1978 until 28 February 1985. Albert Scardino received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for editorials he had written on Georgia and Chatham County politics. Before starting the Georgia Gazette, the couple owned a film company called Southern Chroniclers. They produced an award-winning film about the Georgia Coast entitled Guale. The film premiered in 1976. The Scardinos, parents of one daughter and two sons, now live in England. Albert Scardino is the executive news editor with the newspaper the Guardian and Marjorie is the CEO of Pearson, an international media conglomerate.
From the description of Albert Scardino papers, 1970-1977. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 68569582
