Michael Allen (Journalist)

Michael Allen ( born June 21, 1964 Orange County, California, United States) is an American journalist who as chief reporter of the media company Politico in Washington DC Considered one of the most effectively networked and influential journalists.

Life

Allen grew up in Orange County ( California ) and had three siblings. The son of the ultra-conservative John Birch Society and journalists - member Gary Allen was a scout in his youth. His academic degree from Washington and Lee University in 1986 was a Bachelor of Arts degree with dual major in political science and journalism.

His first job was Allen in Fredericksburg ( Virginia) at the regional newspaper Freelance -Star. In addition, he worked as a reporter for newspapers Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond (Virginia), Washington Post, The New York Times and Time magazine. For the Washington Post Allen was around for six years.

Already when he was a Time magazine last White House correspondent. Similar skills he took when he moved in 2006 to Politico. Allen writes the daily Playbook. In April 2010, the New York Times estimated that Playbook Politico annually bring $ 780,000 a.

Allen got in the New York Times Magazine in April 2010 its own personality article entitled The Man the White House Wakes Up To.

Awards

In 2004, Allen the prestigious Merriman Smith Memorial Award from the White House Correspondents ' Association for outstanding coverage of the U.S. president. He received the prize awarded for his report on a secret visit of George W. Bush in Baghdad.

Works

• The Right Fights Back ( eBook, along with Evan Thomas ), Random House 2011
• Blinking Red Crisis and Compromise in American intelligence after 9/11. Potomac Press, Sterling, USA, 2013, ISBN 978-1-61234-615-1