Robert W. Merry (born 1946) is an American journalist, publishing executive and commentator.

Early life

Robert W. Merry was born in 1946 in Tacoma, WA. He served three years in the U.S. Army, including two years as a counterintelligence special agent in

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. He graduated from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1968 and earned a master's degree from the

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in 1972.

Career

Merry started his career as a reporter for ''The Denver Post'' and became a Washington-based political reporter in 1974 when he joined the staff of the ''National Observer,'' a Dow Jones weekly newspaper. When the Observer folded in 1977, he became a reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal,'' and spent twelve years there covering Congress, national politics, and the White House, among other beats. Merry became managing editor of ''

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'' in 1987. He was promoted to executive editor in 1990 and became president and editor-in-chief in 1997. He held that position until ''

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'' purchased CQ in 2009. Merry served as editor of ''

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'' from 2011 to 2013, and as editor of ''

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'' from 2016 to 2018. Merry is the author of five books.

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* Living people University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni American male journalists 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists 1946 births {{US-journalist-1940s-stub