H. Andrew Schwartz is an American journalist and chief communications officer at the

Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. CSIS was founded as the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Georgetown University in 1962. The center conducts polic ...

(CSIS).

Education

In 1986 Schwartz enrolled at

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

where he earned a

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in 1990. In 1995 he obtained an

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and

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from

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Career

Schwartz started his career as research assistant to Stuart E. Eizenstat, the former

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domestic policy adviser, at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer, and Murphy LLP. He also was a legislative fellow in the offices of Senator

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(D-La.) and Representative

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(D-La.). Schwartz later worked for

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. He was a producer for the channel's Special Report with

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and afterwards became one of the network's

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producers. He has written for

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, and other national newspapers and magazines. In August 2005, Schwartz became deputy director for external relations at CSIS where he is currently chief communications officer. At CSIS he serves as

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and is responsible for media relations, digital strategy and production, publications, events and external matters. In addition, he oversees the iDeasLab, a collaborative think tank space and multimedia production facility. Schwartz writes "The Evening” daily brief for CSIS and co-hosts the podcast "About the News" together with CSIS trustee

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Affiliations

* Board of Visitors,

Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples ...

(TCU) College of Communication * Editorial Board,

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* Dean's Advisory Council, Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts * Member Emeritus, board of directors of the

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Publication

* ''Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News'' (2017) with

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, H. Andrew Living people American male journalists Fox News people 20th-century American non-fiction writers Tulane University alumni American University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male writers