Robert J. Samuelson
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Robert Jacob Samuelson (born December 23, 1945) is a
Career
He began his career in journalism as a reporter on the business desk of The Washington Post in 1969 and left the paper to become a freelancer in 1973.
Personal life
Samuelson was born in New York City and raised in nearby White Plains, New York.[3] He received his bachelor's degree in 1967 from Harvard University, where he concentrated in government.[4] He and his wife, Judith Herr, live in Bethesda, Maryland and have three children.[2][5]
Journalism awards
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
- October 1987 Wall Street crash
- An Alicia 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
- The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement, (Random House: 1995) 368 pages, ISBN 0-8129-2592-0
- Untruth: Why the Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong, (Random House: 2001) 304 pages ISBN 978-0-8129-9164-2(trade paperback edition)
- The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence, (Random House: 2008) 336 pages ISBN 978-0-375-50548-5
Notes
- ^ "Robert J. Samuelson". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b c "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. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ "Auletta Wins Loeb Award". The New York Times. May 9, 1986. p. D9. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship
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