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Bill Bishop is an American author, journalist and social commentator. He co-wrote a book with retired college professor Robert Cushing entitled ''The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart''. His ideas have influenced the speeches of former U.S. President "Authors"
thebigsort.com. Retrieved June 2013
''The Big Sort''
''Daily Yonder''
Living people 1953 births Gerald Loeb Award winners for Columns, Commentary, and Editorials Duke University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) People from La Grange, Texas Writers from Texas American male journalists Austin American-Statesman people American social commentators {{US-writer-stub
Bill Bishop is an American author, journalist and social commentator. He co-wrote a book with retired college professor Robert Cushing entitled ''The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart''. His ideas have influenced the speeches of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
.
He is the co-founder and contributing editor of the ''Daily Yonder'', a blog about rural
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
issues in the United States. Bishop has worked for several newspapers: the ''Austin American-Statesman
The ''Austin American-Statesman'' is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is owned by Gannett.
The paper prints Associated Press, ''New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''Los Angeles Times'' internation ...
'', ''Lexington Herald-Leader
The ''Lexington Herald-Leader'' is a newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and based in Lexington, Kentucky. According to the ''1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook'', the paid circulation of the ''Herald-Leader'' is the second large ...
'', and ''The Mountain Eagle
''The Mountain Eagle'' is a 1926 silent drama film, and Alfred Hitchcock's second as director, following '' The Pleasure Garden''. The film, a romantic melodrama set in Kentucky, is about a widower (Bernhard Goetzke) who jealously competes wi ...
''. He has a degree from Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
. His wife, Julie Ardery, is also a co-founder and contributing editor of the ''Daily Yonder''. The couple previously owned a newspaper: the ''Bastrop County Times''. They currently live in La Grange, Texas
La Grange ( ) is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States, near the Colorado River. La Grange is in the center of the Texas-German belt. The population was 4,391 at the 2020 census, and in 2018 the estimated population was 4,632. La Grange ...
.thebigsort.com. Retrieved June 2013
Awards
* 1996Gerald Loeb Award
The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was estab ...
for Commentary
References
External links
''The Big Sort''
''Daily Yonder''
Living people 1953 births Gerald Loeb Award winners for Columns, Commentary, and Editorials Duke University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) People from La Grange, Texas Writers from Texas American male journalists Austin American-Statesman people American social commentators {{US-writer-stub