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Howard Fineman | |
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.jpg) Fineman at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida | |
| Born | Howard David Fineman November 17, 1948 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 2024 (aged 75) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | Colgate University (A.B.) Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.S.) University of Louisville School of Law (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse |
Amy L. Nathan (m. 1981) |
| Children | 2 |
Howard David Fineman (November 17, 1948 – June 11, 2024) was an American journalist and television commentator. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Fineman covered nine presidential campaigns as a reporter, writer, and analyst. For 30 years, he drove Newsweek magazine's political coverage. At the height of the publication's influence, Fineman was its chief political correspondent, senior editor, and deputy Washington bureau chief. His "Living Politics" column was posted weekly on Newsweek.com.[1] After his tenure at Newsweek, he was named global editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group.[2]
Fineman was also an NBC News analyst, contributing reports to the network and its cable affiliate MSNBC. He appeared regularly on Hardball with Chris Matthews, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, and The Rachel Maddow Show. The author of scores of Newsweek cover stories,[3] Fineman's work appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, and RealClearPolitics, where he was a contributing correspondent during the 2020 election cycle.[4] Between 2017 and 2019, Fineman was a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School of Communications, teaching a seminar on “New Media Journalism and Politics in the Trump Era.” [5] He authored The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country, which takes the position that the United States is a nation built on healthy disagreements and arguments.[6]
- ^ "Howard Fineman". Newsweek. Archived from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
- ^ Fineman, Howard. "Huffington Post". Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ "Howard Fineman". Newsweek. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Howard Fineman Joins RCP https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/01/24/rocky_marriage_federalist_ban_quote_of_the_week_142231.html Archived February 7, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Penn professors mull President Trump's effect on political communications". August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Fineman, Howard (2009). The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country. Random House Publishing Group. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-8129-7635-9.