This is a list of selected American print journalists, including some of the more notable figures of 20th-century newspaper and magazine

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19th-century print journalists

* M. E. C. Bates (1839–1905) – writer, journalist, newspaper editor; co-organizer/president of the

Michigan Woman's Press Association Michigan Woman's Press Association (MWPA) was an American professional association for women writers and journalists in Michigan. Founded in 1890, it was active until shortly before World War I, though there was an unsuccessful attempt to revive ac ...

; associate editor of the ''Grand Traverse Herald''; writer for the ''Evening Record'' and the '' Detroit Tribune''; oldest, continuous, newspaper correspondent in

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Mary Temple Bayard Mary Temple Bayard (, Temple; after first marriage, Bayard, after second marriage, Jamison; pen name, Meg; July 23, 1853 – August 17, 1916) was an American writer and journalist. Her literary work was mostly written for magazines in the intere ...

(pen name, "Meg"; 1853-1916), writer, journalist * Philip Alexander Bell (1808–1886) – abolitionist; founder and editor of ''The Colored American'', ''The Pacific Appeal'', and ''The San Francisco Elevator'' * Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906) – "Aunt Dorothy" letters at ''True Light'' * Anna Braden (1858-1939) – editor, ''Presbyterian Visitor'' * Mary Towne Burt (1842–1898) – newspaper publisher and editor of '' Our Union'', the organ of the

Woman's Christian Temperance Union The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization, originating among women in the United States Prohibition movement. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program th ...

* Emma Shaw Colcleugh (1846–1940) – newspaper book reviewer (''

The Providence Journal ''The Providence Journal'', colloquially known as the ''ProJo'', is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island, and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper was first published in 1829. The newspape ...

'') and contributor (''

Boston Evening Transcript The ''Boston Evening Transcript'' was a daily afternoon newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, published from July 24, 1830, to April 30, 1941. Beginnings ''The Transcript'' was founded in 1830 by Henry Dutton and James Wentworth of the firm of D ...

'') * Susan E. Dickinson (1842–1915) – Civil War correspondent, noted for her articles about the coal mining industry, suffrage, and women's rights *

Barbara Galpin Barbara Galpin (, Johnson; February 6, 1855 – August 14, 1922) was an American journalist. For twenty-five years Mrs. Galpin was identified with the '' Somerville Journal'', serving as compositor, proof reader, cashier, editor woman's page and a ...

(1855–1922) – journalist; affiliated for 25 years with the '' Somerville Journal'', serving as compositor, proof reader, cashier, editor woman's page and assistant manager *

William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison (December , 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read antislavery newspaper '' The Liberator'', which he found ...

(1805–1809) – editor of the abolitionist newspaper '' The Liberator'' *

Horace Greeley Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and newspaper editor, editor of the ''New-York Tribune''. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressm ...

(1811–1872) – newspaper editor, founder of the ''

New York Tribune The ''New-York Tribune'' was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley. It bore the moniker ''New-York Daily Tribune'' from 1842 to 1866 before returning to its original name. From the 1840s through the 1860s it was the domi ...

'', reformer, politician, opponent of slavery *

Eliza Trask Hill Eliza Trask Hill (, Trask; May 10, 1840 – March 29, 1908) was an American activist, journalist, and philanthropist of the long nineteenth century. During the Civil War, Hill obtained, by subscription, and presented a flag to the Fifteenth Massa ...

(1840–1908) – activist, journalist, philanthropist; founder, editor, ''Woman's Voice and Public School Champion'', an organ of the Protestant Independent Women Voters *

Florence Huntley Florence Huntley (, Chance; 1855 – February 1, 1912) was an American journalist, editor, humorist, and occult author of the long nineteenth century. Hailing from Ohio, she married the writer Stanley Huntley in 1879 and during this marriage, sh ...

(1855-1912) – journalist and editor, '' St. Paul Pioneer Press'', ''

Minneapolis Tribune The ''Star Tribune'' is the largest newspaper in Minnesota. It originated as the ''Minneapolis Tribune'' in 1867 and the competing ''Minneapolis Daily Star'' in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, Minneapolis's competing newspapers were consolida ...

'', ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'' *

Thomas Nast Thomas Nast (; ; September 26, 1840December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was a critic of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and ...

(1840–1902) – German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist' the scourge of Boss Tweed and the Tammany Hall machine' considered to be the "father of the American cartoon" * John Neal (1793–1876) – fiction author; critic; magazine and newspaper essayist and editor; founder of ''

The Yankee ''The Yankee'' (later retitled ''The Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette'') was one of the first cultural publications in the United States, founded and edited by John Neal (1793–1876), and published in Portland, Maine as a weekly periodical ...

''; America's first daily newspaper columnist *

Alice Hobbins Porter Alice Hobbins Porter (, Hobbins; pen name, Cress; 9 February 1854 – 1926) was a British-born American journalist, correspondent, editor, and syndicalist. She was a correspondent, contributor, editor, or staff member for a number of different p ...

(1854–1926) – British-born American journalist, correspondent, editor *

Esther Pugh Esther Pugh (August 31, 1834 – March 29, 1908) was an American temperance reformer of the long nineteenth century. She served as Treasurer of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), a Trustee of Earlham College, as well as editor ...

(1834-1908) – editor and publisher of '' Our Union'', the organ of the

Anna Rankin Riggs Anna Rankin Riggs (January 25, 1835 – May 7, 1908) was an American social reformer of the long nineteenth century. Active in the Temperance movement in the United States, temperance movement, she began her work in Bloomington, Illinois, where sh ...

(1835-1908) – founder, editor, ''Oregon White Ribbon'', official organ of the Oregon

WCTU The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization, originating among women in the United States Prohibition movement. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program th ...

Anne Royall Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a travel writer, newspaper editor, and, by some accounts, the first professional female journalist in the United States. Early life She was born Anne Newport in Baltimore, Maryland. Anne grew ...

(1769–1854) – first female journalist in the United States; first woman to interview a president; publisher and editor for ''Paul Pry'' (1831–1836) and ''The Huntress'' (1836–54) in Washington, D.C. *

Rowena Granice Steele Rowena Granice Steele (née Graniss; after first marriage, Claughley; after second marriage, Steele; June 20, 1824 – February 7, 1901) was an American performer (actress, singer, elocutionist), author of poetry and novels, as well as a newspaper ...

(1824–1901) – performer, author, newspaper journalist, editor, publisher; contributor to ''

The Golden Era ''The Golden Era'' was a 19th-century San Francisco newspaper. The publication featured the writing of f.e.g. Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Charles Warren Stoddard (writing at first as "Pip Pepperpod"), Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Adah Isaacs Menken, Ada Clar ...

'', co-founder of ''The Pioneer '', assistant editor of the ''San Joaquin Valley Argus'', editor and proprietor of the ''Budget'' * Susie Forrest Swift (1862–1916) – editor of ''All the World'', ''Catholic World'', and ''Young Catholic'' * Henry James Ten Eyck (1856–1887) – editor of ''Albany Evening Journal''. * Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915) – newspaper correspondent *

Rosa Kershaw Walker Rosa Kershaw Walker (, Kershaw; after first marriage, Turnbull; after second marriage, Walker; literary initials, R. K. Walker; 1840s – May 7, 1909) was an American author, journalist, and newspaper editor of the long nineteenth century. She was ...

(1840s–1909) – society section journalist of ''

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-De ...

'' and '' St. Louis Globe-Democrat''; proprietor and editor of ''Fashion and Fancy'' * Jeannette H. Walworth (pen names, "Mother Goose" and "Ann Atom"; 1835–1918) – American journalist, novelist; contributor to ''The Continent'' and ''

The Commercial Appeal ''The Commercial Appeal'' (also known as the ''Memphis Commercial Appeal'') is a daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It is owned by the Gannett Company; its former owner, the E. W. Scripps Company, also ...

'' *

Ida B. Wells Ida B. Wells (full name: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett) (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for ...

(1862–1931) – investigative journalist and reformer, noted for investigating

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in the United States *

Rosa Louise Woodberry Rosa Louise Woodberry (March 11, 1869 – July 17, 1932) was an American journalist, educator, and stenographer. She was the founder and principal of Woodberry Hall, and the first woman to attend the University of Georgia. Her articles and sket ...

(1869–1932) – journalist, educator; on staff with ''

The Augusta Chronicle ''The Augusta Chronicle'' is the daily newspaper of Augusta, Georgia, and is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States still in publication. The paper is known for its coverage of the Masters Tournament, which is played in Augusta. The ''C ...

'' and the ''Savannah Press'' * Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840-1924), temperance newspaper writer

19th-century and 20th-century print journalists

Arthur William à Beckett Arthur William à Beckett (25 October 1844 – 14 January 1909) was an English journalist and intellectual. Biography He was a younger son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett and Mary Anne à Beckett, brother of Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and educate ...

(1844–1909) – English journalist and intellectual *

Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book ''The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by t ...

(1842–1914?) – editor, columnist, and journalist *

Marion Howard Brazier Marion Howard Brazier (pen name, Marion Howard; September 6, 1850 – January 15, 1935) was an American journalist, editor, author, and Woman's club movement in the United States, clubwoman of Boston. She was the author of: ''Perpetrations, a Bo ...

(1850–1935) – journalist, editor, author, and clubwoman; society editor of ''

The Boston Post ''The Boston Post'' was a daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956. The ''Post'' was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G. Greene and William Beals. Edwin Grozier bough ...

'' (1890–98) and ''The Boston Journal'' (1903-11); edited and published the ''Patriotic Review'' (1898-1900) *

Adda Burch Adda Burch (January 6, 1869 – February 18, 1929) was an American missionary-teacher in Latin America. She was also a Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) leader, serving in various positions in the U.S. as well as president of the World WCTU ...

(1869-1929) –

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State reporter to ''

The Union Signal ''The Union Signal'' (formerly, ''The Woman's Temperance Union'', ''Our Union'') is a defunct American newspaper, established in 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. Focused on temperance, it was the organ of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), a ...

'' * Mamie Claflin (1867-1929) – publisher, ''St. Paul Phonograph''; editor, ''Ord Journal''; editor and publisher, ''The Union Worker'' *

Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First ...

(1864–1916) – first American correspondent to cover the

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(1898),

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

(1899–1902),

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

(1904–05) and the 1914–16 stages of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

* Mary G. Charlton Edholm (1854–1935) – reformer, journalist; World's Superintendent of press work,

; secretary for the International Federation Women's Press League; contributor, ''

New York World The ''New York World'' was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers. It was a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under pub ...

'', the ''

Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Chicago Inter Ocean The ''Chicago Inter Ocean'', also known as the ''Chicago Inter-Ocean'', is the name used for most of its history for a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from 1865 until 1914. Its editors included Charles A. Dana and Byron Andrews. Histo ...

'', ''

'', the ''New York Voice'', ''

Woman's Journal ''Woman's Journal'' was an American women's rights periodical published from 1870 to 1931. It was founded in 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Lucy Stone and her husband Henry Browne Blackwell as a weekly newspaper. In 1917 it was purchased by ...

'', ''

The Woman's Tribune ''The Woman's Tribune'' was an American newspaper founded in Beatrice, Nebraska, by women's suffrage activist Clara Bewick Colby. In print from 1883 to 1909, and published in Beatrice and in Washington, D.C., the newspaper connected radical femini ...

'', and the '' California Illustrated Magazine''; editor, ''The Christian Home'' * Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937) – temperance advocate; editor of ''The Temperance Brotherhood'', ''The Massachusetts Templar'', ''International Good Templar'', and '' The Dawn'' * Ella M. George (1850–1938) – contributor, ''Christian Statesman''; editor, ''Pennsylvania W.C.T.U. Bulletin'' *

Jeannette Leonard Gilder Jeannette Leonard Gilder (pen name, Brunswick; October 3, 1849 – January 17, 1916) was an American author, journalist, critic, and editor. She served as the regular correspondent and literary critic for ''Chicago Tribune'', and was also a corre ...

(pen name, "Brunswick"; 1849–1916) – author, journalist, critic, editor; regular correspondent and literary critic, ''

''; correspondent, ''Boston Saturday Evening Gazette'', ''Boston Transcript'', '' Philadelphia Record and Press''; owner and editor, ''The Reader: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine''; Newark reporter, ''New York Tribune''; editorial department, ''Morning Register''; literary editor, ''

Scribner's Monthly ''Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People'' was an illustrated American literary periodical published from 1870 until 1881. Following a change in ownership in 1881 of the company that had produced it, the magazine was relaunch ...

''; drama and music critic, ''New York Herald''; co-founder, ''The Critic'' * Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918) – journalist, temperance activist, novelist, newspaper editor, journal publisher; contributor, ''Temperance Banner'', ''The Union Signal'', and ''Woman's News''; publisher, ''True Ideal''; special writer, ''

Daily News Record ''Daily News Record'' (or ''DNR'') was an American fashion trade journal published by Fairchild Publications, Inc. ''DNR'' started in 1890 when Edmund Fairchild used the wealth he had accumulated selling soap to purchase the '' Chicago Herald G ...

''; society editor, '' Chicago Times'' * Kate E. Griswold (1860-1923), editor, publisher, and proprietor of ''Profitable Advertising'' *

Corinne Stocker Horton Corinne Stocker Horton (, Stocker; after first marriage, Horton; after second marriage, Smith; pen name, Mrs. Thaddeus Horton; August 21, 1871 – September 12, 1947) was an American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor, and clubwoman. For ...

(1871–1947) – newspaper editor (''

The Atlanta Journal ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...

''); journalist * Maria I. Johnston (1835-1921) - reporter, correspondent, writer and/or editor at the ''

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Globe-Democrat'', ''St. Louis Spectator'', ''

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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Picayune'', ''New Orleans Times-Democrat'', and

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

'' * Lillian A. Lewis (1861–?) – first African-American woman journalist in Boston * Martha D. Lincoln (1838–?; pen name, "Bessie Beech"), American author and journalist; co-founder,

Woman's National Press Association Woman's National Press Association (W.N.P.A.) was an American professional association for women journalists. The constitution declared that the object of the association was to advance and encourage women in literary work, and to secure the benefi ...

* Estelle M. H. Merrill (pen name, "Jean Kincaid"; 1858–1908) – journalist, editor; charter member of the

New England Woman's Press Association The New England Woman's Press Association (NEWPA) was founded by six Boston newspaper women in 1885 and incorporated in 1890. By the turn of the century it had over 150 members. NEWPA sought not only to bring female colleagues together and further ...

, contributor to the ''

Boston Transcript The ''Boston Evening Transcript'' was a daily afternoon newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, published from July 24, 1830, to April 30, 1941. Beginnings ''The Transcript'' was founded in 1830 by Henry Dutton and James Wentworth of the firm of D ...

'', staff on ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'', co-editor of ''American Motherhood,'' *

S. Isadore Miner Pauline Periwinkle (September 25, 1863 – August 10, 1916) was the pen name of S. Isadore Callaway (, Sara Isadore Sutherland; after first marriage, S. Isadore Miner) an American journalist, poet, teacher, and feminist of the long nineteenth cen ...

(1863–1916; pen name, "Pauline Periwinkle") – journalist, poet, teacher, feminist; first corresponding secretary of the Michigan Woman's Press Association; staff member of ''Good Health''; founder, editor of the "Woman's Century" page of ''

The Dallas Morning News ''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885 by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the ''Galvesto ...

'' *

Robert Percival Porter Robert Percival Porter (June 30, 1852 – February 28, 1917) was an American journalist, diplomat, and statistician who wrote on economic subjects. He served as Superintendent of the Census (1889–1893). In the statistical field, the first use of ...

(1852–1917), British-born American journalist, editor, statistician; co-founder of the ''

New York Press ''New York Press'' was a free alternative weekly in New York City, which was published from 1988 to 2011. The ''Press'' strove to create a rivalry with the ''Village Voice''. ''Press'' editors claimed to have tried to hire away writer Nat Hento ...

'' * Effie Hoffman Rogers (1853/55 - 1918), editor-in-chief and publisher of the '' P.E.O. Record'' * Grace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921) – journalist, author, editor, businesswoman; staff and special correspondent of the ''

Buffalo Courier The ''Buffalo Courier-Express'' was a morning newspaper in Buffalo, New York. It ceased publication on September 19, 1982. History The ''Courier-Express'' was created in 1926 by a merger of the ''Buffalo Daily Courier'' and the ''Buffalo Morning ...

''; department editor of the ''Buffalo Times'' * Jennie O. Starkey (ca. 1856 – 1918) — journalist and editor, ''

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primari ...

''; charter member,

; president, Michigan Woman's Press Club; board of directors, Michigan Authors' Association *

Jane Agnes Stewart Jane Agnes Stewart (August 16, 1860 – February 2, 1944) was an American author, editor, and contributor to periodicals. She was a special writer for many journals on subjects related to woman's, religious, educational, sociological, and reform ...

(1860-1944) — author, newspaper editor * Sallie Joy White (1847–1909) – journalist * Alice Willard (1860–1936) – journalist, editor * Ella B. Ensor Wilson (1838–1913) – founder, proprietor, editor of the ''Wilsonton Journal''

20th-century print journalists

* Al Abrams (1904–1977) – sportswriter, columnist and editor for the ''

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the first newspaper published west of the All ...

'' * Jack Anderson (1922–2005) – syndicated political columnist *

Paul Y. Anderson Paul Y. Anderson (August 29, 1893 – December 6, 1938) was an American journalist. He was a pioneering muckraker and played a role in exposing the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s. His coverage included the 1917 East St. Louis Riot, race riots in ...

(1893–1938) – investigative journalist, winner of Pulitzer Prize 1929 * Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) – known for book on Eichmann trial *

Russell Baker Russell Wayne Baker (August 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography '' Growing Up'' (1 ...

(1925–2019) – newspaper and magazine essayist * Jeanne Bellamy (1911–2004) – reporter and first female member of the editorial board for the ''

Miami Herald The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a List of communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida, city in western Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County and the M ...

'' *

Robert Benchley Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at ''The Harvard Lampoon'' while attending Harvard University, thro ...

(1889–1945) – newspaper and magazine humorist * Marilyn Berger (born 1935) – diplomatic correspondent, ''Washington Post'' *

Carl Bernstein Carl Milton Bernstein ( ; born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for ''The Washington Post'' in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original new ...

(born 1944) – investigative journalist, ''Washington Post'' *

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(1907–1981) – sportswriter, columnist and editor for ''

Pittsburgh Press ''The Pittsburgh Press'' (formerly ''The Pittsburg Press'' and originally ''The Evening Penny Press'') was a major afternoon daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1884 to 1992. At one time, the ''Press'' was the second larg ...

'' * Edna Lee Booker – foreign correspondent in China during the 1930s and 1940s *

Croswell Bowen Croswell Bowen (1905–1971) was an American political reporter, activist journalist, and biographer who contributed extensively to newspapers and magazines in the 1940s and 1950s. For his activist journalism, he was awarded a Benjamin Franklin C ...

(1905–1971) – reporter for ''

PM Magazine ''PM/Evening Magazine'' is a television series with a news and entertainment format. It was syndicated to stations throughout the United States. In most areas, ''Evening/PM Magazine'' was broadcast from the late 1970s into the late 1980s. Origi ...

'' and ''The New Yorker'' during the 1940s and 1950s *

Ben Bradlee Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (, 1921 – , 2014) was an American journalist who served as managing editor, then as executive editor of ''The Washington Post'', from 1965 to 1991. He became a public figure when the ''Post'' joined ''The New Y ...

(1921–2014) – editor of the ''

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'' at the time of the

Watergate scandal The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual ...

Jimmy Breslin James Earle Breslin (October 17, 1928 – March 19, 2017) was an American journalist and author. Until the time of his death, he wrote a column for the New York ''Daily News'' Sunday edition.''Current Biography 1942'', pp. 648–51: "Patterson, ...

(1930–2017) – New York columnist *

Eve Brodlique Eve Brodlique Summers (, Brodlique; pen names, Willice Wharton, Peg Woffington, Evelyn; 1867 – 10 October 1949) was a British-born Canadian/American author and journalist. One of the best-known newspaper women on the Continent, she filled ever ...

(1867–1949) – Chicago columnist, editor * Heywood Broun (1888–1939) – columnist and guild organizer *

Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown ( Helen Marie Gurley; February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine for 32 years. Garner 2009. Early life Helen Mar ...

(1922–2012) – editor of ''

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'' magazine *

Art Buchwald Arthur Buchwald (October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his column in ''The Washington Post''. At the height of his popularity, it was published nationwide as a syndicated column in more than 500 newspaper ...

(1925–2007) – syndicated columnist and humorist *

William F. Buckley, Jr. William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator. In 1955, he founded ''National Review'', the magazine that stim ...

(1925–2008) – founder and editor of ''The National Review'' *

Herb Caen Herbert Eugene Caen (; April 3, 1916 February 1, 1997) was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuous love let ...

(1916–1997) – San Francisco columnist * C. P. Connolly (1863–1935) – radical investigative journalist associated for many years with ''

Collier's Weekly ''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Colli ...

'' * Harriet L. Cramer (1847–1922) – newspaper editor and publisher, ''The Evening Wisconsin'' *

Linda Deutsch Linda Deutsch (born 1943) is an American journalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP). She covered court cases for 50 years, from 1967 until her retirement in 2014, including the high-profile trials of Charles Manson, Robert F. Kennedy’s ...

(born 1943) – American Associated Press court journalist *

Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...

(1942–2013) – Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago film critic *

Margaret Dye Ellis Margaret Dye Ellis ( Dye; September 30, 1845 – July 13, 1925) was an American social reformer, lobbyist, and correspondent active in the temperance movement. She served as Superintendent, Legislation, for the National Woman's Christian Temperan ...

(1845-1925) — correspondent, ''

'' * Mary Fels (1863–1953) – editor of ''The Public: A Journal of Democracy'' * Jack Fuller (1946–2016) – editor and publisher of the ''

'' *

Martha Gellhorn Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. Gellhorn reported on virtually every major worl ...

(1908–1998) – war correspondent *

Bob Greene Robert Bernard Greene Jr. (born March 10, 1947) is an American journalist and author. He worked for 24 years for the ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper, where he was a columnist. Greene has written books on subjects including Michael Jordan, Alice C ...

(born 1947) – journalist * Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937) — editor, woman's page of ''

The Birmingham News ''The Birmingham News'' is the principal newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The paper is owned by Advance Publications and was a daily newspaper from its founding through September 30, 2012. After that day, the ''News'' and its two ...

'' *

Ruth Gruber Ruth Gruber (September 30, 1911 – November 17, 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and United States government official. Born in Brooklyn to Russian Jewish immigrants, she was encouraged to pursue her dream ...

(1911–2016) – journalist *

Emily Hahn Emily "Mickey" Hahn (, January 14, 1905 – February 18, 1997) was an American journalist and writer. Considered an early feminist and called "a forgotten American literary treasure" by ''The New Yorker'' magazine, she was the author of 54 books a ...

(1905–1997) – wrote extensively on China *

David Halberstam David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 April 23, 2007) was an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, Korean War, and late ...

(1934–2007) – foreign correspondent, political and sport journalist * Arnold Hano (1922–2021) – freelance journalist, book editor, biographer and novelist *

Seymour Hersh Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American Investigative journalism, investigative journalist and political writer. Hersh first gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam Wa ...

(born 1937) – investigative journalist and political writer *

Hugh Hefner Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of ''Playboy'' magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles which provoked charges of obsc ...

(1926–2017) – founder and editor of ''

Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...

'' *

Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1885February 1, 1966) was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, her readership was 35 million. A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committ ...

(1885–1966) – syndicated gossip columnist *

Molly Ivins Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, political commentator, and humorist. Born in California and raised in Texas, Ivins attended Smith College and the Columbia Univers ...

(1944–2007) – Texas-based syndicated columnist *

Dorothy Misener Jurney Dorothy Misener Jurney (May 8, 1909 – June 19, 2002) was an American journalist. As women's page editor for the '' Miami Herald'', she shifted the focus of those pages from the "Four F's – family, food, fashion, and furnishings" – t ...

(1909–2002) – influential journalist covering women's issues on women's pages *

Pauline Kael Pauline Kael (; June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for ''The New Yorker'' magazine from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael's opinions oft ...

(1919–2001) – film critic for ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'' *

K. Connie Kang K. Connie Kang (born Kyonshill Kang; November 11, 1942 – August 16, 2019) was a Korean Americans, Korean American journalist and author. Born in what would become North Korea, Connie and her Christian family fled first to South Korea and then ...

(1942–2019) – first female Korean American journalist, wrote for ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...

'' * James J. Kilpatrick (1920–2010) – syndicated political columnist *

Irv Kupcinet Irving Kupcinet (July 31, 1912 – November 10, 2003) was an American newspaper columnist for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', television talk-show host, and radio personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known by the nickname "Kup". ...

(1912–2003) – syndicated columnist for the ''

Chicago Sun-Times The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media, and has the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the ''Chicago T ...

'' *

Ring Lardner Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Wo ...

(1885–1933) – sportswriter and short-story writer * Frances Lewine (1921–2008) –

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspa ...

White House correspondent; president of the

Women's National Press Club The National Press Club is a professional organization and social community in Washington, D.C. for journalists and communications professionals. It hosts public and private gatherings with invited speakers from public life. The club also offers e ...

* A. J. Liebling (1904–1963) – journalist closely associated with ''The New Yorker'' *

Walter Lippmann Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the te ...

(1889–1974) – Washington, D.C. political columnist * Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?) — author, journlalist * Eva Anne Madden (1863–1958) – educator, journalist, playwright, author * Ray Marcano – medical reporter and music critic * Ralph G. Martin (1920–2013) – combat correspondent for Armed Forces newspaper '' Stars and Stripes'' and Army weekly magazine '' Yank''; wrote for ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis (businessman), Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print m ...

'' and ''

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hum ...

'' *

George McElroy Captain George Edward Henry McElroy MC & Two Bars, DFC & Bar (14 May 1893 – 31 July 1918) was a leading Irish fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I. He was credited with 47 aerial victories. Mili ...

(1922–2006) – first black reporter for the ''

Houston Post The ''Houston Post'' was a newspaper that had its headquarters in Houston, Texas, United States. In 1995, the newspaper shut down, and its assets were purchased by the '' Houston Chronicle''. History Gail Borden Johnson founded the ''Houston ...

'' and first minority columnist of any newspaper in Houston *

H. L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, ...

(1880–1956) – essayist, critic, and editor of ''

The Baltimore Sun ''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries. Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by Tr ...

'' *

Ruth Montgomery Ruth Shick Montgomery (June 11, 1912 – June 10, 2001) was a journalist with a long and distinguished career as a reporter, correspondent, and syndicated columnist in Washington, DC. Later in life she transitioned to a career as a psychic and aut ...

(1912–2001) – first female reporter in the Washington bureau of the ''New York Daily News''; president of the Women's National Press Club * Jim Murray (1919–1998) – Los Angeles sports columnist *

Eldora Marie Bolyard Nuzum Eldora Marie Bolyard Nuzum (1926–2004) was an American newspaper editor and journalist who interviewed several United States presidents. She was born in Grafton, West Virginia to Roy Everett Bolyard (1901–1983) and Georgia Ellen Deavers Bolya ...

(1926–2004) – first female editor of a daily newspaper in West Virginia, journalist, interviewer of U.S. presidents * Robert Palmer (1945–1997) – first full-time chief pop music critic for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'', ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...

'' contributing editor *

Louella Parsons Louella Parsons (born Louella Rose Oettinger; August 6, 1881 – December 9, 1972) was an American movie columnist and a screenwriter. She was retained by William Randolph Hearst because she had championed Hearst's mistress Marion Davies and su ...

(1881–1972) – syndicated gossip columnist * Drew Pearson (1897–1969) – Washington political columnist *

George Plimpton George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found ''The Paris Review'', as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was also known for " ...

(1927–2003) – magazine journalist and editor of ''Paris Review'' *

Shirley Povich Shirley Lewis Povich (July 15, 1905 – June 4, 1998) was an American sports columnist and reporter for '' The Washington Post''. Biography Povich's parents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. Having grown up in coastal Bar Harbor, Main ...

(1905–1998) – sportswriter for ''

'' *

Ernie Pyle Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Pyle is also notable for the ...

(1900–1945) – Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent * Patricia Raybon – published in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today and Chicago Tribune * James ("Scotty") Reston (1909–1995) – political commentator for the ''New York Times'' *

Grantland Rice Henry Grantland "Granny" Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio. Early years Rice wa ...

(1880–1954) – sportswriter * Mike Royko (1932–1997) – Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago columnist *

Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To N ...

(1880–1941) – newspaper journalist and essayist *

Harrison Salisbury Harrison Evans Salisbury (November 14, 1908 – July 5, 1993), was an American journalist and the first regular ''New York Times'' correspondent in Moscow after World War II. Biography Salisbury was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He gradu ...

(1908–1993) – first regular ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' correspondent in Moscow after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

E. W. Scripps Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and, together with his sister Ellen Browning Scripps, founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press ne ...

(1854–1926) – founder of the

Scripps-Howard The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...

newspaper chain *

George Seldes Henry George Seldes ( ; November 16, 1890 – July 2, 1995) was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the publication of the newsletter ''In Fact'' from 1940 to 1950. He was a ...

(1890–1995) – journalist, editor and publisher of ''In Fact'' *

Randy Shilts Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951February 17, 1994) was an American journalist and author. After studying journalism at the University of Oregon, Shilts began working as a reporter for both '' The Advocate'' and the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', as wel ...

(1951–1994) – reporter for '' The Advocate'' and ''

San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. de ...

'' * Hugh Sidey (1927–2005) – political writer for ''Life'' and ''Time'' magazines * Roger Simon (1948–) – journalist and author *

Agnes Smedley Agnes Smedley (February 23, 1892 – May 6, 1950) was an American journalist, writer, and activist who supported the Indian Independence Movement and the Chinese Communist Revolution. Raised in a poverty-stricken miner's family in Missouri and Co ...

(1892–1950) – journalist and writer known for her chronicling of the Chinese revolution * Drue Smith (died 2001) – print and broadcast journalist * Red Smith (1905–1982) – New York sports columnist *

Edgar Snow Edgar Parks Snow (19 July 1905 – 15 February 1972) was an American journalist known for his books and articles on Communism in China and the Chinese Communist revolution. He was the first Western journalist to give an account of the history of ...

(1905–1972) – journalist and writer, chronicled the Chinese revolution, especially in ''

Red Star Over China ''Red Star Over China'' is a 1937 book by Edgar Snow. It is an account of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that was written when it was a guerrilla army and still obscure to Westerners. Along with Pearl S. Buck's ''The Good Earth'' (1931), it ...

'' *

I.F. Stone Isidor Feinstein "I. F." Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989) was an American investigative journalist, writer, and author. Known for his politically progressive views, Stone is best remembered for ''I. F. Stone's Weekly'' (1953–1971), ...

(1907–1989) – investigative journalist, publisher of ''I.F. Stone's Weekly'' *

Anna Louise Strong Anna Louise Strong (November 24, 1885 – March 29, 1970) was an American journalist and activist, best known for her reporting on and support for communist movements in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.Archives West,Anna Loui ...

(1885–1970) – pro-communist journalist and writer *

Helen Thomas Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from th ...

(1920–2013) – White House correspondent for United Press International * Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) – journalist and radio broadcaster. In 1939 she was recognized by Time magazine as the second most influential woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt. Regarded as the "First Lady of American Journalism." * Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) – creator of Gonzo journalism *

Theodore White Theodore Harold White (, May 6, 1915 – May 15, 1986) was an American political journalist and historian, known for his reporting from China during World War II and the ''Making of the President'' series. White started his career reporting for ...

(1915–1986) – reporter for ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...

'' magazine in China, 1939–1944, author of ''Making of the President'' * Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1901–1946) – editorial positions at ''Canadian Homes & Gardens'', ''Mayfair'', ''Chatelaine'', ''Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.'', ''Musson Book Company'', ''Maclean's'' * Earl Wilson (1907–1987) – syndicated gossip columnist *

Walter Winchell Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and co ...

(1897–1972) – columnist and radio broadcaster * Charles A. Windle (1866–1934) – anti-prohibitionist, editor of ''Iconoclast'' *

Bob Woodward Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for ''The Washington Post'' as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor. While a young reporter for ''The Washingto ...

(born 1943) – investigative journalist, ''Washington Post'' *

Alexander Woollcott Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was an American drama critic and commentator for ''The New Yorker'' magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor and playwright, and a prominent radio ...

(1887–1943) – New York drama critic

21st-century print journalists

Cecilia Ballí Cecilia Ballí (born April 21, 1976) is an American journalist and anthropologist who writes about the borderlands of Texas, security and immigration. She is a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly, and has been published in Harper’s Magazine and T ...

(born 1974), covers Mexican border * Santo Biasatti * Katya Cengel * Nelson Castro *

Ron Chernow Ronald Chernow (; born March 3, 1949) is an American writer, journalist and biographer. He has written bestselling historical non-fiction biographies. He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his ...

Charles Duhigg Charles Duhigg (born 1974) is an American journalist and non-fiction author. He was a reporter for ''The New York Times,'' currently writes for ''The New Yorker Magazine'' and is the author of two books on habits and productivity, titled '' The P ...

Lloyd Grove Lloyd Bennett Grove is editor at large for ''The Daily Beast'', an American news reporting and opinion website focusing on politics and pop culture. He is also a frequent contributor to ''New York''. He was a gossip columnist for ''New York Daily ...

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for the ''

New York Daily News The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in ta ...

'' *

Maria Hall-Brown Maria Hall-Brown is an American journalist, television producer, and actor. Journalism She is the host and producer of ''Bookmark with Maria Hall-Brown'', a news magazine featuring interviews with book authors, and a producer and occasional cor ...

David Harsanyi David Harsanyi (born circa 1970) is an American conservative journalist, columnist, author, and editor. He wrote for the ''Denver Post'' for eight years, then '' Blaze'', and then he edited for ''The Federalist'' for more than six years. He becam ...

— editor, ''

National Review ''National Review'' is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs. The magazine was founded by the author William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief i ...

'' *

Oliver Holt Oliver Charles T Holt (born 22 May 1966) is an English sports journalist who writes for the newspaper ''The Mail on Sunday'' in the United Kingdom. He is the son of Thomas Holt and Coronation Street actress Eileen Derbyshire and is an avid Stoc ...

Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn L. Ifill ( ; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program ...

* Mike Jones *

Mary Jordan (journalist) Mary Catherine Jordan (born November 10, 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, best-selling author and National Correspondent for the ''Washington Post''. For 14 years she was a foreign correspondent and she has written from ne ...

* Jens Erik Gould *

Nicholas Kristof Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959) is an American journalist and political commentator. A winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he is a regular CNN contributor and an op-ed columnist for ''The New York Times''. Born in Chicago, Kristof wa ...

Jorge Lanata Jorge Lanata (born 12 September 1960) is an Argentine journalist and author. He founded the newspaper ''Página 12''. He hosts ''Lanata sin filtro'' on Radio Mitre and ''Periodismo para todos'' on El Trece. He writes a column in ''Clarín (Argent ...

* John Leland * Joshua Lyon *

Steve Mirsky Steve Mirsky is a writer for ''Scientific American'', the host of the magazine's longform science podcast, Science Talk'. and the producer of the dail60-Second Sciencepodcast. Mirsky has also writteScientific American's monthly “Anti Gravity” ...

— columnist for ''

Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it i ...

'' * María Laura Santillán *

Eric Schlosser Eric Matthew Schlosser (born August 17, 1959) is an American journalist and author known for his investigative journalism, such as in his books ''Fast Food Nation'' (2001), '' Reefer Madness'' (2003), and '' Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, ...

* Paul Spencer Sochaczewski — writer, writing coach, conservationist and communications advisor to international non-governmental organizations * Jackie Summers — food writer *

Kaitlyn Vincie Kaitlyn Anne Vincie (born December 10, 1987) is an American sports presenter and journalist. She works for the ''Fox NASCAR'' team as a reporter and presents in their daily news and update show ''NASCAR Race Hub''. Vincie's interest in stock car r ...

* David Warsh —

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, published in both print and non-print media *

Amy Westervelt Amy Westervelt (born 1978) is an American environmental print and radio journalist. She is the founder of the podcast network Critical Frequency and hosts the popular podcast Drilled, which has been downloaded more than a million times. She is al ...

(born 1978) *

Brian Williams Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American retired journalist and television news anchor. He was a reporter for ''NBC Nightly News'' starting in 1993, before his promotion to anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in 2004. ...

Paige Williams (author) Paige Williams is an American journalist and author. She is a staff writer at ''The New Yorker''. Williams held a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, and her work has won a National Magazine Award for feature writing.History of American newspapers The history of American newspapers begins in the early 18th century with the publication of the first Thirteen Colonies, colonial newspapers. American newspapers began as modest affairs—a sideline for printers. They became a political force ...

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* Irish American journalism

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