Robert J. Samuelson
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Robert Jacob Samuelson(born December 23, 1945) is aconservativejournalist forThe Washington Post,where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977. He was a columnist forNewsweekmagazine from 1984 to 2011.
Career
[edit]He began his career in journalism as a reporter on the business desk ofThe Washington Postin 1969 and left the paper to become a freelancer in 1973.[1]His work has appeared inThe Sunday Times,The New Republicand theColumbia Journalism Review.He joined theNational Journalin 1976, where he wrote the "Economic Focus" column. He was a contributing editor there from 1981 to 1984, when he left to write forNewsweek.[2]At age 75, Samuelson posted his last op-ed article inThe Washington Poston September 14, 2020.
Personal life
[edit]Samuelson was born inNew York Cityand raised in nearbyWhite Plains, New York.[3]He received his bachelor's degree in 1967 fromHarvard University,where he concentrated in government.[4]He and his wife, Judith Herr, live inBethesda, Marylandand have three children.[2][5]
Journalism awards
[edit]Samuelson has received:[2]
- 1993 John Hancock Award for Best Business and Financial Columnist
- National Headliner Award for Feature Column on a Single Subject in both 1992 and 1993; another in 1987 for Best Special Interest Column
- Gerald Loeb Awardsfor Commentary in 1994,[6]1986[7]and 1983;[citation needed]Loeb finalist in 1988 for his columns on theOctober 1987 Wall Street crash
- AnAlicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship[8]in 1982 to research and write about the changes in the U.S. economy since World War II.
- 1981 National Magazine Award
Books by Samuelson
[edit]- The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement,(Random House: 1995) 368 pages,ISBN0-8129-2592-0
- Untruth: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong,(Random House: 2001) 304 pagesISBN978-0-8129-9164-2(trade paperback edition)
- The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence,(Random House: 2008) 336 pagesISBN978-0-375-50548-5
Notes
[edit]- ^"Robert J. Samuelson".The Washington Post.
- ^abc"Newsweek: Robert Samuelson: Contributing Editor: Newsweek",MSBNC, May 14, 2004. Accessed September 23, 2006.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Robert J. Samuelson",The Washington Post.Accessed September 24, 2006.
- ^"Robert J. Samuelson","The Business News Luminaries "website of the" TJFR Group ". Accessed September 23, 2006.
- ^"Book Page - Tabbed".
- ^"2 Times Staffers Win Gerald Loeb Awards".Los Angeles Times.May 10, 1994.RetrievedFebruary 1,2019.
- ^"Auletta Wins Loeb Award".The New York Times.May 9, 1986. p. D9.RetrievedFebruary 1,2019.
- ^Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship
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