Thomas B. Edsall
| Thomas B. Edsall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomas Byrne Edsall August 22, 1941 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, professor |
| Known for | journalist, author, academic |
Thomas Byrne Edsall (born August 22, 1941) is an American journalist and liberal / progressive[1] academic, currently serving as an adjunct faculty member https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/tom-edsall of the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York City. He is best known for his weekly opinion column for The New York Times online[2] and for his 25 years covering national politics for the Washington Post.[3]
Life and career
From 2006 to 2014, Edsall served as the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Public Affairs Journalism at Columbia University,[3] where he continues to teach in an adjunct capacity.[4] In 2011, he became a weekly opinion columnist for the New York Times,[5] where he currently continues.[2] Previously, he covered national politics for the Washington Post from 1981 to 2006; covered politics for The Baltimore Sun (1967-1981); served as a VISTA volunteer (1966-1967); and reported for The Providence Journal (1965).[5] He was the political editor of the Huffington Post from 2007 to 2009,[6] a correspondent for The New Republic from 2006 to 2013 and for the National Journal from 2006 to 2007.[3] In November and December 2006, Edsall was a guest columnist for the print edition of the New York Times Op-Ed page.[7][8]
Edsall was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Richard Linn Edsall and Katherine Byrne.[9] He attended Brown University and received his B.A. from Boston University in 1966. He is married and lives in New York and Washington, D.C., with his wife, Mary (daughter of Karl Deutsch),[9] with whom he co-authored the book Chain Reaction.[10]
Awards and fellowships
- Shapiro Fellowship, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University (2015)[11]
- Markwell Award of the International Society of Political Psychology (2014)[12]
- Finalist, General Non-Fiction, Pulitzer Prize, 1992, for Chain Reaction: The Impact on American Politics of Race, Rights and Taxes (W.W. Norton)[13]
- Bill Pryor Memorial Award, Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, 1981[14]
- Carey McWilliams Award, American Political Science Association, 1994[15]
- Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1996-1997 [3]
- Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1997, 2000, 2003-2006, 2010-2012[3]
Bibliography
- Edsall, Thomas B. (1984). The New Politics of Inequality. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-30250-4.
- —— (1988). Power and Money: Writing About Politics. W. W. Norton & Company.
- ——; Edsall, Mary D. (August 1992). Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-30903-7.
- —— (August 28, 2006). Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive For Permanent Power. Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-01815-7.
- —— (January 10, 2012). The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-53519-9.
References
- ↑ Aboiralor, Okoduwa; Edsall, Thomas (August 13, 2015). "An Interview with Thomas Edsall, Op-Ed Contributor for the New York Times". New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- 1 2 "Thomas B. Edsall". New York Times. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Thomas B. Edsall". Faculty. Columbia Journalism School. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Includes link to curriculum vitae, October 22, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Tom Edsall". Columbia Journalism School. Columbia University. journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
- 1 2 "Opinionator: Thomas B. Edsall". New York Times. nytimes.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013.
- ↑ Charlip, Lauren (May 7, 2007). "Movers". Mediaweek. 17 (19): 27.
- ↑ Mitchell, Greg (November 25, 2006). "Despite Election Results, Edsall Still Sees 'Red'". Editor & Publisher. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- ↑ Edsall, Thomas (November 26, 2006). "Edsall Responds to 'E&P' Editor's Critique". Editor & Publisher. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- 1 2 "Mary Deutsch Wed To Thomas Edsall". The New York Times. August 23, 1965. p. 34.
- ↑ "The University Record". Thomas, Mary Edsall to deliver Yablonky Lecture. University of Michigan. November 2, 1992. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Shapiro Fellow - Thomas B. Edsall". School of Media & Public Affairs, The George Washington University. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Markwell Media Award". Section: Past Winners. ISPP: International Society of Political Psychology. ispp.org. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ "The 1992 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in General Nonfiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. pulitzer.org. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Edsall, Thomas Byrne". Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC). University of Virginia. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Post Reporter Wins Carey McWilliams Award". The Washington Post. June 4, 1994. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Columbia University faculty bio for Edsall
- A War of All Against All; Are Democrats and Republicans now engaged in a 'death struggle' over dwindling resources, making gridlock and dysfunction more likely? by W. James Antle III January 10, 2012, a The Age of Austerity WSJ book review
- The Political Price of Austerity by Mark Schmitt January 20, 2012 NYT book review
- Collected columns for The New Republic