- Katie Couric
Katherine Anne Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American media personality who became well-known as co-host of NBC's "Today". In 2006, she made a highly publicized move from NBC to CBS, and on September 5, 2006 she became the first woman to solo-anchor the weekday evening news on one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC).
- Tim Russert
Tim Russert , a fixture in American homes on Sunday mornings and election nights since becoming moderator of "Meet the Press" nearly 17 years ago, died Friday after collapsing at the Washington bureau of NBC News. He was 58 and lived in Northwest Washington.
- Brian Williams
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News", the flagship evening news program of the NBC television network. Williams replaced former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw on December 2, 2004. Previously, Williams was the network's chief correspondent at the White House and host of "The News with Brian Williams" on CNBC and MSNBC.
- Marcus Brauchli
Marcus Brauchli is the managing editor of the "Wall Street Journal". He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1983. He succeeded Paul Steiger on May 15, 2007, who had held the position since 1991. Brauchli had previously held the positions of copy editor and foreign correspondent. He was a Nieman fellow at Harvard from 1991 to 1992. He is married to Maggie Farley, a Los Angeles Times correspondent, and they have two children.
- Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs (born September 24 1945) is the anchor and managing editor of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight", an editorial columnist, and host of a syndicated radio show. "Lou Dobbs Tonight" attracts CNN's second-largest audience after "Larry King Live", with about 800,000 viewers per night. Dobbs also lectures widely.
- Jamie Glazov
Jamie Glazov is Frontpage Magazine's managing editor. He holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialty in U.S. and Canadian foreign policy. He edited and wrote the introduction to David Horowitz 's Left Illusions. He is also the co-editor (with David Horowitz ) of The Hate America Left and the author of Canadian Policy Toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union (McGill-Queens University Press, 2002) and 15 Tips on How to be a Good Leftist .
- Ted Koppel
Edward James "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is an American journalist, best known as the former anchorman for ABC's "Nightline".
- Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson Managing Editor, The New York Times
- Maria Bartiromo
Savvy readers know that the phrase "ethical scandal" usually actually means "sex scandal" when a high-profile woman in corporate America is involved (ahem, CNBC Money Honey Maria Bartiromo , Wal-Mart ... Maria Bartiromo Quotes Maria Bartiromo It just seems that you were talking positively about McDonald's, that they are ... Maria Bartiromo Quotes: It just seems that you were talking positively about McDonald's, that they ...
- Michael Kinsley
Michael Kinsley (born March 9, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American political journalist, commentator television host and liberal pundit. Primarily active in print media as both a writer and editor, he also became known to television audiences as a co-host on "Crossfire". Kinsley has been a notable participant in the mainstream media's development of online content.
- Leonard Downie Jr.
Leonard Downie, Jr . , was named Executive Editor of The Washington Post on September 1, 1991, after serving as Managing Editor for seven years. Downie joined The Post as a summer intern in 1964. He soon became a well-known local investigative reporter in Washington, specializing in crime, courts, housing and urban affairs.
- Norman Pearlstine
Norman Pearlstine (born October 4 1942, in Philadelphia) is the former editor in chief of Time Inc.. He served as editor in chief between January 1 1995, and December 31, 2005. At the end of his tenure, he was responsible for the content of Time Inc's 154 publications. Through 2006, he served as a senior advisor to Time Warner. In September 2006, he joined The Carlyle Group as a senior advisor to the firm's telecommunications and media group.
- Jacob Weisberg
Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist, currently serving as editor of "Slate" magazine and a columnist for the Financial Times. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and connector celebrated in Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point". Weisberg's father, Bernard Weisberg, was a prominent Chicago lawyer and, later, judge. His parents were introduced at a cocktail party by novelist Ralph Ellison.
- Robert Bryce
Robert Bryce is a journalist in Austin, Texas and the author of "Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron" (PublicAffairs, 2002; a "Publisher's Weekly" Best Book of the Year) and "Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America's Superstate" (PublicAffairs, 2004). Bryce was a reporter for the Austin Chronicle for 12 years, and is now the managing editor of the "Energy Tribune", a newsletter for the energy industry.
- Al Hunt
Al Hunt is the executive Washington editor for Bloomberg. He is married to Judy Woodruff of PBS. Prior to joining Bloomberg News in January 2005, Hunt worked for the Wall Street Journal. During his 35 years in the newspaper’s Washington bureau, he was a congressional and national political reporter, a bureau chief and, most recently, executive Washington editor. For 11 years, Hunt wrote the weekly column, "Politics & People".
- Pratap Chatterjee
Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author. He is a British citizen and was raised in India, although he now lives in California. He serves as the executive director of CorpWatch, an Oakland-based anti-globalization and corporate accountability organization. He was a member of the board of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network from 2001 to 2005, …
- Jimmy Lee
Jimmy Lee is a Korean American journalist. He served as managing editor of KoreAm Journal from 1999 to 2007. Lee was born in Seoul, Korea and immigrated to California at the age of 11 months with his family. He was raised in Orange County, California. He graduated from UCLA in 1994 with a degree in Geography.
- Maria Hinojosa
Maria Hinojosa (born 1961 in Mexico City) is a television journalist. Her first journalism experience was as host of a Latino radio show as a student at Barnard College, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Latin American studies. In 1995, Hinojosa began hosting the National Public Radio show "Latino USA". She hosted the WNBC-TV public affairs show "Visiones" before joining CNN in 1997, …
- Eric Newton
Eric Newton is an American journalist and Vice President/Journalism Program at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, an organization created by one of the founding families behind Knight Ridder. Newton earned a B.A. in journalism from San Francisco State University in 1979 and his master's degree in international studies from the University of Birmingham. He joined the "Oakland Tribune" as a copy boy in 1977. Turned down for a job as a reporter there in 1979, …
- Gerald Marzorati
Gerald Marzorati is the editor of "The New York Times Magazine". He is also the writer of "A Painter of Darkness", a book about Leon Golub.
- Neil Cavuto
Neil Cavuto, Fox's "money guy" (his words) is at times, as regular readers of this site know, very adept at creating the illusion that his show is about "business news" while simultaneously beating the propaganda drums for the Bush administration. Today he was at the top of his game.
- Patrick Norton
Patrick Norton (born June 26 1970, Urbana, Illinois) was co-host and managing editor of "The Screen Savers", an interactive television program on TechTV geared toward the technology enthusiast. He is now the host of the IPTV show "DL.TV", as well as an editor for ExtremeTech. He claimed on an episode of dl.tv his official job title is 'head of podcasts' for Ziff Davis Media. Prior to joining TechTV, Norton tested products and wrote for "PC Magazine", …
- Tyler Mathisen
Tyler Mathisen is now Managing Editor of CNBC Business News and the host of "High Net Worth". He was originally the co-anchor of such programs as "Closing Bell" and "Business Center" before being promoted to the role of Managing Editor. In June 2004 he married Joanne Lamarca, a producer for "The Today Show" on NBC.
- Ron Insana
Ron Insana is currently Senior Analyst for CNBC. He was the anchor of CNBC's "Street Signs", (M-F, 2-3 p.m. ET, which is now anchored by Erin Burnett), and is broadcast live from CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Recently, Insana garnered an exclusive interview with President George W. Bush to discuss the economy, Social Security reform and energy policy. This was the second exclusive interview he has had with the President in two years.
- Hal Fishman
Hal Fishman (born August 25, 1931) is an iconic local news anchor, based in Los Angeles. He is currently the longest-running news anchor in the history of television. He received a master's degree in Political Science from UCLA in 1956, and planned for a career in academia (he actually worked as an assistant political science professor for two years). However, after KCOP-TV Channel 13 approached him to teach an on-air course, …
- Rajdeep Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai : I think sunil historically, barring the 1971 elections (and that too to a limited extent), budgets and economic policy decisions have had limited impact on voters. Finance ministers need to understand that and resist the urge to deliver "populist" budgets.. remember, when chidambaram was in the UF govt, he allowed the pay commission recommendations to go through. It cost the state exchequer crores, but didnt have any impact on the voter.
- Robert Hoffman
Robert K. Hoffman (died August 19, 2006) was an American businessperson and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the influential humor magazine "National Lampoon", later the cornerstone of a film and publishing franchise. Born in Dallas, Texas, Hoffman graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas in 1965.
- Timothy Taylor
Timothy Taylor is Managing Editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, a quarterly academic journal produced at Macalester College and published by the American Economic Association. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College and a Master’s degree in Economics from Stanford University. At Stanford, he was winner of the award for excellent teaching in a large class (more than 30 students) given by the Associated Students of Stanford University.
- Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd (born October 5 1949, London) is an English author. Ackroyd's mother worked in the personnel department of an engineering firm and his father had left home when Ackroyd was a baby. He was reading newspapers at the age of 5 and wrote a play about Guy Fawkes when he was 9. He also first realised he was gay at the age of 7. Ackroyd was educated at St. Benedict's, Ealing and at Clare College, Cambridge, …
- Gwen Ifill
Moderator Gwen Ifill is joined by Washington Post's White House Correspondent, Peter Baker, who reports on the White House pre-election strategy to "cut and run," and "stay the course." Baker also reports on why President Bush seems to be getting a pushback from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over the issue of benchmarks and timetables.
- James Panero
James Panero is the managing editor of "The New Criterion" and former editor-in-chief of "The Dartmouth Review". In addition to his editorial duties for "The New Criterion", Panero serves as the magazine’s gallery critic. He writes on art and culture regularly for several publications and lectures widely.
- Nick Clooney
Nicholas Clooney (born January 13, 1934) is an American television journalist, anchorman, game show and American Movie Classics host, as well as a politician from the state of Kentucky. He is the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney, and the father of actor George Clooney.
- Janet Fitch
Janet Fitch is most famously known as the author of the Oprah's Book Club novel "White Oleander", which became a film in 2002. She is a graduate of Reed College, located in Portland, Oregon. Janet Fitch was born in Los Angeles, a third-generation native, and grew up in a family of voracious readers. As an undergraduate at Reed College, Fitch had decided to become an historian, attracted to its powerful narratives, the scope of events, the colossal personalities, …
- Steven Malanga
Steven Malanga is a contributing editor to "City Journal" and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, which publishes "City Journal". His primary area of focus is economic development within dense urban centers, with a particular emphasis on those areas in and surrounding New York and the Tri-State Area.
- Con Coughlin
Con Coughlin is a British journalist and author. He is currently the executive foreign editor of the Daily Telegraph and is the author of various non-fiction books relating to the middle east, and the War on Terror. He is considered one of the world's leading right wing authorities on the Middle East. He is the son of the Daily Telegraph's former legal affairs correspondent. After his education at public school and Oxford University, he joined the Daily Telegraph in 1980, …
- Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold is an American screenwriter, actor and journalist. He has been the managing editor of Fangoria for over ten years. His credits as a screenwriter include "Halloween Night", "Shadow: Dead Riot" and "Ring of Darkness". He also has several credits as an actor, mostly bit parts, in films such as "A Return to Salem's Lot", "Troma's War", "The Toxic Avenger Part II" and "The Toxic Avenger Part III".
- Carol Sutton
Carol Sutton (June 29, 1933-February 19, 1985) was an American journalist. In 1974 she became the first female managing editor of a major U.S. daily newspaper, "The Courier-Journal" in Louisville, Kentucky. She was cited as the example of female achievement in journalism when "Time" named "American Women" as the 1975 "People of the Year".
- John Stoltenberg
John Stoltenberg is an American feminist activist, scholar, author, and magazine editor. He is the managing editor of "AARP the Magazine", a bimonthly publication of the United States-based interest group AARP (formerly American Association of Retired Persons), a position he has held since 2004. Although he formed a relationship with Andrea Dworkin, he considers himself gay.
- Leo Laporte
Leo Laporte is a podcaster for TWiT.tv and is featured in podcasts such as This Week in Tech, Macbreak Weekly, does a video podcast called Macbreak Video, and much more. He was on Tech TV with shows like The Screensavers, and now makes his name from podcasting and more. His personal site and biography can be found at Leoville .
- Philip Athans
Philip Athans was born in Rochester, New York, in 1964 but grew up in suburban Chicago, where he fed his imagination a steady diet of Starlog magazines, Marvel comic books, reruns of Star Trek , and the very real triumphs of the Space Race. He began writing "books" in second grade and eventually traded in his crayons for a typewriter, then traded in the typewriter for a computer, and has since traded in entirely too many computers for newer, smarter, more expensive computers.