| Froma Harrop | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 18, 1950 New York City |
| Education | New York University |
| Occupation | Columnist |
| Notable credit(s) | Top 100 Syndicated Columnists |
| Official website | |
Froma Harrop (born March 18, 1950 in New York City) is a liberal writer and author.
She is best known for her twice-a-week syndicated column which appears in about 200 newspapers including the Seattle Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Detroit News, and Miami Herald.[1] Media Matters for America ranks Harrop 20th among the top 100 syndicated columnists for total reader reach and 14th based on average circulation.[2] She is syndicated by Creators Syndicate.
She is also a blogger for RealClearPolitics.
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Born in New York City, Harrop was raised in suburban Long Island.[3] After graduating from New York University, she worked on the financial desk at Reuters, covering business and the Federal Reserve.[4]
Harrop later became a business editor for The New York Times News Service.[1] She returned to her reporting roots as a business writer for the Providence Journal in Rhode Island and subsequently joined the Journal’s editorial board, where she remains a member.[5] Harrop currently resides in Providence.[1]
Harrop has been a guest on PBS, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR and many other television and radio stations. Specific appearances include the Lou Dobbs Show, The Ed Schultz Show on MSNBC and PBS’s White House Chronicles.[6]
Her column has become a regular feature on the RealClearPolitics.com website.[7]
Harrop has written for such diverse publications as The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, and Institutional Investor.[1] Her columns have been published in several book anthologies.[1]
Harrop is the President of the National Conference of Editorial Writers.[8] One project of the NCEW is the Civility Project, aimed at restoring civility to America's public discourse.[9] Her position was noted in a Wall Street Journal blog, together with the reference from one of her syndicated columns that the Tea Party were economic terrorists. [[Wall Street Journal].[10] Her blog subsequently addressed the decision to delete the posted comments, saying that she was unwilling to spend time monitoring the large number of comments, while noting that a website is private property and that commenters could post their opinions elsewhere.Other bloggers, she said, have shut down their forums for similar reasons.[11]