Thomas W. Lippman is a journalist and author, specializing in the

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and

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Life

Lippman attended Regis High School in Manhattan and earned his

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from Columbia as a French major in 1961. Lippman spent more than 30 years with ''

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'' as a writer, editor and diplomatic correspondent, also serving as the Middle East

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chief for the ''Post''. Lippman currently serves as an adjunct scholar at the

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Books

* ''Get the Damn Story: Homer Bigart and the Great Age of American Newspapers.'' Georgetown University Press. 2023. ISBN 9781647122973. * * * * * * * * * *

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* Living people American male journalists Journalists from New York City The Washington Post people Columbia College (New York) alumni Regis High School (New York City) alumni 20th-century American journalists {{US-journalist-1930s-stub 1940 births