Thomas B. Edsall

Thomas B. Edsall
Edsall in 2016
Born
Thomas Byrne Edsall

(1941-08-22) August 22, 1941 (age 83)
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University
Boston University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, professor
Known forWeekly column in The New York Times (2011 to present)
SpouseMary D. Edsall (m. 1965)
Children1
AwardsFinalist, Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1992)

Thomas Byrne Edsall (born August 22, 1941) is an American journalist and academic.[1] He is best known for his weekly opinion column for The New York Times,[2] Previously, he worked as a reporter for The Providence Journal and for The Baltimore Sun, and as a correspondent for The New Republic. In addition, he spent 25 years covering national politics for the Washington Post. He held the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Chair at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism until 2014.[3][4]

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  3. ^ "Thomas B. Edsall". Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "Thomas Byrne Edsall Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. October 22, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2021.