Hanna Rosin

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Hanna Rosin is a U.S. journalist. She has written for the Washington Post, The New Yorker, GQ and New York after beginning her career as a staff writer for The New Republic. Rosin has also appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show and Air America's The Majority Report. A character portrayed by actress Chloë Sevigny in the movie Shattered Glass about Rosin's colleague at The New Republic, Stephen Glass, was loosely based on Rosin.[1][2]

Rosin is the author of God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America (ISBN 978-0-15-101262-6), published in September 2007. Based on a New Yorker story, the book follows several young Christians at Patrick Henry College, a new evangelical institution that teaches its students to "shape the culture and take back the nation." Rosin's portrayals of the students are part of a larger attempt to chronicle the cultural and political history of the modern Christian right.[3]

Rosin has specialized in writing about religious-political issues, in particular the influence of evangelical Christians on the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign.[4] She is married to author David Plotz; they live in Washington, D.C. with their two children.[5] She graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1987, where she won a number of competitions on the debate team.[6]

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  1. ^ Hanna Rosin, Washington Post staff writer, to discuss "religious right" on the campaign trail. Princeton University. Retrieved on 2007-09-12. “Chloë Sevigny later portrayed her in "Shattered Glass" the movie about her New Republic colleague, Stephen Glass.”
  2. ^ Howard Kurtz (2002-10-07). Stephen Glass: The True Story. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-09-12. “A female New Republic staffer played by Chloë Sevigny, though based loosely on Hanna Rosin (now also at The Post), is a composite.”
  3. ^ Nina Easton (2007-09-09). Political Fundamentals. New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  4. ^ Julia Osellame (2005-11-05). Right wing on rise, says writer. Daily Princetonian. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  5. ^ About David Plotz. The Genius Factory.net. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  6. ^ Stuyvesant Policy Debate Alumni. Retrieved on 2009-09-12.