David S. Broder

David S. Broder
Broder in 2008
Born
David Salzer Broder

(1929-09-11)September 11, 1929
Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMarch 9, 2011(2011-03-09) (aged 81)
Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Journalist, columnist,
  • lecturer, writer
Years active1953–2011
SpouseAnn Creighton Collar
Children4

David Salzer Broder (September 11, 1929[1] – March 9, 2011) was an American journalist, writing for The Washington Post for over 40 years.[2] He was also an author, television news show pundit, and university lecturer.

For more than half a century, Broder reported on every presidential campaign, beginning with the 1956 United States presidential election between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson II.[2] Known as the dean of the Washington, D.C. press corps, Broder made over 400 appearances on NBC's Meet the Press. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: "Broder is the best of an almost extinct species, the daily news reporter who doubles as an op-ed page columnist....With his solid reporting and shrewd analysis, Broder remains one of the sager voices in Washington."[3]

  1. ^ "Broder, David". Current Biography Yearbook 2010. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2010. pp. 70–74. ISBN 978-0-8242-1113-4.
  2. ^ a b Bernstein, Adam (March 9, 2011). "David Broder dies; Pulitzer-winning Washington Post political columnist". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Terry Eastland, ed. Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994: A Critical Review of the Media (1994) p 279