- E. W. Scripps
Edward Wyllis Scripps (June 18, 1854 - March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and founder of The E.W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press International news syndicate. The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University is named for him. - Tony Snow
Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow (born June 1, 1955) is the current White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush. He succeeded Scott McClellan, becoming the third individual to serve in that position under Bush. Snow also worked for President George H. W. Bush as chief speechwriter and Deputy Assistant of Media Affairs. Between his two White House stints, Snow was a broadcaster and newspaper columnist. - Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former financier and newspaper magnate who was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice on 13 July 2007. He has written several biographies, including one about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Black is Canadian-born but publicly renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 in order to become a life peer in the British House of Lords. - Ben Sargent
Ben Sargent (born 1948) is an American editorial cartoonist. Since 1974, he has been drawing editorial cartoons for the "Austin American-Statesman". His cartoons are also distributed nationally by Universal Press Syndicate. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, into a newspaper family. He learned the printing trade from age twelve and started working for the local daily as a proof runner at fourteen. - Josh Marshall
Joshua Micah Marshall (born February 15, 1969 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a journalist, blogger and writer. New York Times Magazine christened Marshall "a star" of the blogosphere as the "author of one of the most popular and most respected [blogging] sites." He is also a columnist for "The Hill", a Capitol Hill newspaper. Marshall's work has been the subject of stories by the LA Times, NPR, New York Times Magazine, and Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. - Dick Morris
Dick Morris (born November 28, 1948 in New York City) is an American political author, newspaper columnist, and commentator who previously worked as a pollster, political campaign consultant, and general political consultant. Morris is best known for managing Bill Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election to the office of President of the United States. His tenure on that campaign was cut short two months before the election, … - Rosie O'Donnell
Roseann Theresa "Rosie" O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an 11-time Emmy Award-winning American talk show host, television personality, comedienne, celebrity blogger, film, television, and stage actress. - Eric Reguly
Eric Reguly is a Canadian newspaper columnist. His articles appear almost daily in "Report on Business", the financial section of Toronto-based "The Globe and Mail". Reguly is also a writer for "Report on Business Magazine", and occasionally contributes to "Globe Auto", the automotive section of the newspaper, along with his wife. Reguly is also an occasional commentator with Report on Business Television. - Greg Palast
Greg Palast is a "New York Times"-bestselling author and a journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as the British newspaper "The Observer", eg. among others:. His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance but has also been known to work with labor unions and consumer advocacy groups. Notably, he has claimed to have uncovered evidence that Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, … - Jefferson Davis
Jefferson "Jeff" Davis (6 May 1862 - 3 January 1913) was a Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and also served as governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. - Charley Walters
Charles Leonard Walters (born February 21, 1947) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played one season for the Minnesota Twins in 1969 and is currently a sports columnist and reporter for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press newspaper. - Bob Jones
Sir Robert 'Bob' Jones (born 1939) is a property tycoon, author and former politician in New Zealand. Growing up in working class Naenae, Wellington, he attended Victoria University of Wellington and contributed to a boxing column in the university's newspaper "Salient (magazine). He earned his wealth through property investment. He formed the short-lived neo-liberal New Zealand Party in 1983, just before Robert Muldoon's snap 1984 election. - Steve Richards
Steve Richards (born 1960), is a British TV presenter and chief political columnist for "The Independent" newspaper. Richards was educated at Christ's College, formerly a state grammar school, in Finchley, North London, and studied History at York University before securing a place on a journalism course at the London College of Printing. He worked in local radio and regional TV in Newcastle before becoming a BBC political correspondent in 1990. - Alex James
Alex James (born Steven Alexander James, 21 November 1968, in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England) is the bass player in the band Blur, and one of the members of Fat Les. The only member of Blur not to come from Colchester, James met future bandmate Graham Coxon at Goldsmiths College, where the two were studying, and was introduced to Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree, who at the time were part of a band called Circus. - William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. - George Monbiot
George Monbiot (born January 27, 1963) is a journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist in the United Kingdom who writes a weekly column for "The Guardian" newspaper. He is on the advisory board of "BBC Wildlife" magazine. - Johnny Hart
Johnny Hart (February 18 1931 - April 7 2007) was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strip "B.C." and co-creator of the strip "The Wizard of Id". Hart was recognized with several awards, including five from the National Cartoonists Society, and the Swedish Adamson Award. In his later years, he sparked controversy by incorporating overtly Christian themes and messages into the strips. - Miles Kington
Miles Kington (born 1941) is a British journalist, jazz musician and broadcaster. He was born in Northern Ireland (where his father, a soldier, was then posted), went to school at Trinity College, Glenalmond, a boys' independent boarding school in Glenalmond, Scotland. The school has since been renamed Glenalmond College. He then studied Modern Languages at Trinity College, Oxford. He began his career at the now defunct satirical magazine "Punch", … - Janet Street-Porter
A former editor of The Independent on Sunday , Janet Street-Porter is now the paper's editor-at-large. As a journalist and broadcaster she has had an innovative and groundbreaking career in television, creating programmes for the BBC, Channel 4 and LWT, for which she has won a Bafta and the Prix Italia. She is also vice president of the Rambler's Association. - John Fairfax
John Fairfax (24 October 1804 - 16 June 1877) - journalist; is notable for the incorporation of the major newspapers of modern day Australia. - Mark Davis
Mark Davis was a professional cricket player, representing both Somerset County Cricket Club and England "A". He was a left arm fast-medium bowler and left handed batsmen. Davis was born in Kilve on February 26, 1962. His ability was brought to the attention of Somerset after winning a competition in a local newspaper. Before making his full debut for Somerset he represented Wiltshire, a minor county side. - A. O. Scott
Anthony O. Scott (born July 10, 1966) is a film critic for "The New York Times" newspaper. He began his tenure at the paper's Arts section in January 2000, following Janet Maslin's retirement. Before joining "The Times", Scott was a book critic for "Newsday" as well as a contributor to the "New York Review of Books" and "Slate". Son of the well-known historian Joan Wallach Scott, he attended public schools in Providence, Rhode Island, … - Tom Johnson
Wyatt Thomas ("Tom") Johnson is an American journalist and media executive, best known for serving as president of Cable News Network (CNN) during the 1990s and, before that, as publisher of the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper. Johnson was born in Macon, Georgia and graduated from Lanier High School. While in high school, he began working at the "Macon Telegraph" newspaper. - John Daly
Hartford, Conn., native John Daly began working as a newspaper and television journalist after he graduated from Providence College. In 1990 he became the main anchor, then newsroom managing editor for KTNV-13 in Las Vegas, where his work as a producer and host helped the station to win three Emmy awards. John hosted Real TV, a nationally syndicated show, for four seasons, and recently formed Daly Productions, Inc., to develop television and film projects. - A.O. Scott
A.O. "Tony" Scott (b. July 10, 1966) is a film critic for "The New York Times" newspaper. He began his tenure at the paper's Arts section in January 2000, following Janet Maslin's retirement. Before joining "The Times", Scott was a book critic for "Newsday" as well as a contributor to the "New York Review of Books" and "Slate". Son of the well-known historian Joan Wallach Scott, he attended public schools in Providence, Rhode Island, … - David Martin
David J. Martin (born March 23, 1950) is a Canadian humorist and newspaper columnist. His columns have appeared in many major North American newspapers including the "New York Times", the "Los Angeles Times", the "Washington Post", the "Globe and Mail" and the "Chicago Tribune", including at least one about Wikipedia. As of 2007, he lived in Ottawa, Ontario. - Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is an American columnist and author who has written numerous novels and appeared regularly in various newspapers in New York City, where he lives. On November 2, 2004 he retired as a regular columnist from "Newsday" but stated his intention to continue writing. In his final "Newsday" column, Breslin incorrectly predicted a Kerry victory in the 2004 Presidential election. Breslin was born in Jamaica, New York. - Brian Eno
Brian Eno (born Brian Peter George Eno on 15 May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk) is an English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer. As a solo artist, he is probably best known as the father of modern ambient music, though he is also a highly celebrated record producer. With an art school background and inspiration from minimalism, … - M. J. Akbar
Mubashar Jawed Akbar (b. 11 January 1951) is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief and managing director of "The Asian Age", a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective. He has written several books, including "Byline" (New Delhi: Chronicle Books, 2003), a biography of Jawaharlal Nehru titled 'Nehru: The Making of India', a book on Kashmir titled 'Kashmir: Behind the Vale', … - Rube Goldberg
Reuben Garret L. Goldberg (July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist. He earned lasting fame for his Rube Goldberg machines (complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect and convoluted ways). He was posthumously awarded the National Cartoonist Society Gold Key Award in 1980. Goldberg went to Lowell High School in San Francisco in 1900 and earned a degree in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1904. - Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom 's bestselling books remind us of what truly matters in life. Called "a beautifully written book of great clarity and wisdom," Tuesdays with Morrie is Albom's touching memoir of his visits to his dying professor, Morrie Schwartz , and the life lessons learned along the way. Filled with humor and hope, what began as a way for Albom to help Morrie pay his medical bills became an international phenomenon and the bestselling memoir of all time. - Andrew Bolt
Andrew Bolt (born September 26, 1959) is an Australian newspaper columnist and conservative pundit. Politically right wing, Bolt is a columnist and associate editor of the Melbourne-based "Herald Sun". He also writes for Brisbane's "Sunday Mail", and regularly appears on the Nine Network's "Today" programme and the weekly Australian Broadcasting Corporation panel programme, "Insiders" as well as Melbourne station 3AW. - Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 - November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Republican party, reformer and politician. His "New York Tribune" was America's most influential newspaper from the 1840s to the 1870s and "established Greeley's reputation as the greatest editor of his day." Greeley used it to promote the Whig and Republican parties, as well as antislavery and a host of reforms. - Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour (born November 3, 1949, in London) is the editor-in-chief of American "Vogue", a position she has held since 1988. She became interested in fashion as a teenager. Her father, Charles, editor of the "Evening Standard", often consulted with her on how to make the newspaper's coverage relevant to the youth of mid-1960s London. After dropping out of school at 16, she began a career in fashion journalism. - Simon Jenkins
Sir Simon Jenkins (born 10 June 1943) is a British newspaper columnist currently associated with "The Guardian" after fifteen years with News International titles. He was educated at Mill Hill School, the Beechen Cliff School in Bath, England and St John's College, Oxford. A former editor of The Times newspaper, he received a knighthood for services to journalism in the 2004 New Year honours. - Michael Green
Michael Green is a British author of humorous books. He is best known for "The Art of Coarse Rugby", "The Art of Coarse Acting" and others with similar titles. He created and wrote the character of Squire Haggard for a newspaper column written by Peter Simple. He is also attributed to the theatre style of Coarse Acting. A coarse actor is "one who can remember his lines, but not the order in which they come. One who performs. .. amid lethal props. - Ann Landers
Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer, better known as Ann Landers (July 4, 1918 - June 22, 2002), was best known for writing the famous syndicated advice column "Ann Landers." For some 45 years, it was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America. In it, people wrote the columnist for advice and she answered. Lederer's writing style was direct, but often witty and sometimes acerbic. - Armstrong Williams
Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1959) is a political commentator who writes a conservative newspaper column, hosts a nationally syndicated TV program called "The Right Side", and co-hosts a daily radio program with Sam Greenfield, broadcast on WWRL 1600, the Air America Radio affiliate in New York City. In 2003 he launched his own company, The Right Side Productions, … - John Hart
John Hart (born December 13, 1917) is an American motion picture and television actor. In his early career, he appeared mostly in Westerns. Although he has played mostly minor roles in some fairly well-known films, he is probably best-known for replacing Clayton Moore in 1952 for two seasons of the television show "The Lone Ranger" when Moore demanded a higher salary. Based on the assumption that the masked character rather than the actor was the series' true star, … - David Clark
David Clark (born circa 1959) is an American guitar player, folklorist and newspaper columnist. He was born in Macon, Georgia, and now resides in Cochran, Georgia.
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