Jeffrey Simpson

Jeffrey Simpson
Born
Jeffrey Carl Simpson

(1949-02-17) February 17, 1949 (age 75)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityCanadian
Education
OccupationJournalist

Jeffrey Carl Simpson, OC (born February 17, 1949), is a Canadian journalist. Simpson was The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist for almost three decades. He has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes—the Governor General's Award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award for column writing. He has also won the Hyman Solomon Award for excellence in public policy journalism[1] and the Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian.[2] In January 2000, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Simpson retired from the Globe at the end of June 2016.[3]

  1. ^ "Hyman Solomon Award | Journalism". Public Policy Forum. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Globe columnist Jeffrey Simpson wins $50,000 Donner Prize".
  3. ^ "Opinion: The Jeffrey Simpson decades: Four snapshots of a columnist's eventful career".