Donald Lambro (born July 14, 1940) is an
Albanian American
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journalist. He is the chief political
correspondent
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of ''
The Washington Times
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'' and a
columnist
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formerly nationally syndicated by
United Feature Syndicate
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and now by the
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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.
Biography
Donald Lambro was born in
Wellesley, Massachusetts
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, and graduated from
Boston University
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with a degree in journalism. He began his career working for the ''
Boston Herald-Traveler
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'' and in 1968 joined
United Press International
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in
Hartford, Connecticut
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, covering state government.
In 1981, the
Conservative Political Action Conference
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awarded Don Lambro the "Outstanding Journalist Award" for his book ''Fat City''.
In 1985, he won the
Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism.
Bibliography
* ''The Federal Rathole'', 1975 ()
* ''The Conscience of a Young Conservative'', 1976 ()
* ''Fat City: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes'', 1980 ()
* ''Land of Opportunity: The Entrepreneurial Spirit in America'', 1986 ()
* ''Washington—City of Scandals: Investigating Congress and Other Big Spenders'', 1987 ()
References
External links
Donald Lambro column- ''The Washington Times''
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1940 births
Living people
People from Wellesley, Massachusetts
The Washington Times people
Boston University College of Communication alumni
American people of Albanian descent
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
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