Occupation Journalist Name Eugene Robinson | Role Columnist Spouse Avis C. Robinson | |
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Full Name Eugene Harold Robinson Born 12 March 1954 ( 1954-03-12 ) Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. Notable credit(s) The Washington Post
San Francisco Chronicle Movies The Savoy King: Chick Webb and the Music That Changed America Education University of Michigan, Harvard University Awards Pulitzer Prize for Commentary Books Disintegration: The Splinterin, Last dance in Havana, Coal to Cream, Wn Anyway, It takes endurance Similar People Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Dana Milbank, Duke Ellington, Roy Haynes Profiles | ||
Washington post columnist eugene robinson reads his hate mail
Eugene Harold Robinson (born March 12, 1954) is a liberal American newspaper columnist and an associate editor of The Washington Post. His columns are syndicated to 262 newspapers by The Washington Post Writers Group. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 and currently serves as chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
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- Washington post columnist eugene robinson reads his hate mail
- Eugene robinson 2011 national book festival
- Early years and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Books
- References
Robinson also serves, opposite Nicolle Wallace, as NBC News and MSNBC's chief political analyst during political coverage.
Robinson is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and a board member of the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).
Eugene robinson 2011 national book festival
Early years and education
Robinson was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina and schooled at Orangeburg Wilkinson High School, where he "was one of a handful of black students on a previously all-white campus."
Before graduating from the University of Michigan in 1974, he was the first African American co-editor-in-chief of The Michigan Daily.
During the 1987-1988 academic year, he was a mid-career Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Career
In 1976, he began his journalism career at the San Francisco Chronicle; his early assignments included the trial of publishing heiress Patty Hearst. He joined The Washington Post in 1980. Working his way up through the ranks, he was first a city hall reporter at the paper. He then became the assistant city editor; a South America correspondent based in Buenos Aires, Argentina; London bureau chief; foreign editor; and, most recently, the assistant managing editor of the paper's Style section. He began writing columns for the opinion page of the paper in 2005, also writes a twice-a-week column on politics and culture, and conducts a weekly online conversation with readers.
Robinson appears frequently as a liberal political analyst on MSNBC cable-TV network's programs such as Morning Joe, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton, The Rachel Maddow Show, The Ed Show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. In addition, he is often a panelist on NBC's public affairs program Meet the Press.
Robinson was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in recognition of his columns that focused on then-Senator Barack Obama in the context of his first presidential campaign.
Personal life
He lives with wife Avis and two sons in Arlington, Virginia.