Roger Simon (journalist)

This article is about the columnist and journalist. For the conservative writer, see Roger L. Simon.

Roger Simon
BornRoger Mitchell Simon
(1948-03-29) March 29, 1948 (age 76)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationWriter, journalist, author
Alma materUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
GenreJournalism, politics, non-fiction

Roger Mitchell Simon (born March 29, 1948)[1][2] is a writer and commentator, the chief political columnist of Politico and a New York Times best-selling author. He has won more than three dozen first-place awards for journalism, and is the only person to win twice the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award for commentary. His book on the 1996 presidential race, Show Time, became a New York Times best-seller.[3]

  1. ^ "To Al Gore, This May Be Frightening". Chicago Tribune. April 8, 1988. Retrieved June 22, 2018. I was born March 29, 1948.
  2. ^ "Simon, Roger (Mitchell)". Writers Directory. Gale Group. 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Roger Simon," Politico.com, accessed 28 June 2011.