Bonnie Ginzburg Erbé (born April 2, 1954) is an American

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and

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based in

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Biography

Bonnie Ginzburg Erbé graduated from the

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and attended

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

, where she received her bachelor's degree. She later received her MSJ from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

School of Journalism, and her J.D. from Georgetown University ''cum laude''. She began her journalist career in 1975, as a correspondent for United Press International, serving to 1989. In 1989, Erbé left United Press International to become a mutual correspondent for NBC/Mutual Radio and served from 1989 to 1998. In 1992, Erbé became the moderator for the half-hour weekly news analysis program, ''To the Contrary'', which deals primarily (but not exclusively) with women's issues. The program has won multiple Gracie and Clarion awards, and many others. In 1996, Erbé took the show to the newly formed Persephone Productions. She was a contributing editor at USNews.com, the website of U.S. News & World Report, where she wrote for the Thomas Jefferson Street blog,"Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog" at ''U.S. News & World Report''
/ref> and also wrote a syndicated newspaper column for 20 years for the Scripps Howard News Service which won multiple journalism awards.

References

External links

To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé
Erbé's PBS program
Erbé's blog at USNews.com
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