Howard Fineman

Howard Fineman (* around 1948 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American journalist. He was known primarily as a political principal correspondent of Newsweek and as the editor ( editorial director ) of the internet news platform The Huffington Post.

Life and activity

In his youth Fineman, who is of Jewish descent, visited the Allerdice High School. He then studied at Columbia University and at the University of Louisville. One year he spent also at Georgetown University Law Center. On the basis of Watson and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowships, he was able to study on a scholarship in Europe, Russia and the Middle East.

His journalistic career began Fineman in the late 1960s at the magazine Louisville Courier -Journal. From 1980 to 2010 he worked as a political correspondent - employed by the influential Newsweek magazine - since 1984 as the official main Correspondent ( cheif political correspondent ). In this capacity, he has interviewed all presidential candidates of the two major U.S. parties since 1984. After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 Fineman was the first reporter who was allowed to conduct an interview with the then incumbent President George W. Bush. Away from his work at Newsweek has Fineman to a lesser extent contributions for major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, the Washington Post contributed and The New Republic.

2010 moved to Fineman Huffington Post Media Group, and since then has held the post of editorial director at the. In this position, he is - in addition to his own contributions to the Post - present to a high degree in the U.S. media. On television Fineman occurs, for example frequently as a commentator or participant in discussions in news radio station NBC and its cable offshoot MSNBC.

Writings

• The Thirteen American Arguments. Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our ​​Country, 2008.