Eric Alterman

Eric Alterman
Alterman in 2012
Born (1960-01-14) January 14, 1960 (age 64)
Education
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • professor
Children1

Eric Alterman (born January 14, 1960) is an American historian and journalist. He is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and the author of twelve books.

From 1995 to 2020, Alterman was "The Liberal Media" columnist for The Nation. He is a contributing writer there, and at The American Prospect, where under a two-year grant he wrote the newsletter, Altercation, until January 27, 2023. In his farewell newsletter column Alterman stated that he opened a Substack page also entitled, Altercation, on January 21, 2023,[1] and that although publication plans were only in development, he was accepting free subscriptions.[2]

  1. ^ Alterman, Eric. "Eric's Substack | Eric Alterman | Substack". altercation.substack.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ^ Alterman, Eric, Goodbye and Thanks, The American Prospect, January 27, 2023