Alan Ehrenhalt is an American journalist and non-fiction author.
Early life
Alan Ehrenhalt graduated from
Brandeis University
Brandeis University () is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located within the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational university, Bra ...
in 1968.
He received a master's degree from the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism sch ...
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Career
Ehrenhalt is a journalist and author.[ He is the former executive editor and later senior editor of '' Governing''.][ Additionally, he has been a contributing writer to '']The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'', ''The New Republic
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'' and ''The Wall Street Journal
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''.[
Ehrenhalt was the recipient of the ]Nieman Fellowship
The Nieman Fellowship is a fellowship from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. It awards multiple types of fellowships.
Nieman Fellowships for journalists
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in 1977–1978.[ He won the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress from the National Press Club in 1983.]American Political Science Association
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in 2000.
Personal life
Ehrenhalt is married, and he has two daughters.[ He resides in ]Arlington, Virginia
Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county is located in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from Washington, D.C., the nati ...
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Living people
Writers from Arlington County, Virginia
Brandeis University alumni
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
American male journalists
Nieman Fellows
Year of birth missing (living people)
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