Dan Hirschhorn is an American national political journalist, who currently serves as editor-in-chief at
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. He previously served as deputy managing editor at the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving Greater Pittsburgh, metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the fi ...
, senior political editor at
The Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', often referred to simply as ''The Inquirer'', is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded on June 1, 1829, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is the third-longest continuously operating da ...
, and director of news at
Time, Inc. and
Time.com
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.
Hirschhorn attended
Brandeis University
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,
where he was editor-in-chief of the Brandeis independent student newspaper, ''
The Justice''.
Following graduation, he worked as a journalist for ''
The Bulletin'' in
Philadelphia
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.
He was the "Philly-based half" of
PolitickerPA
The Politicker Network, or Politicker.com, was a national network of fifty state-based political websites operated by the ''New York Observer''.
Origins
The network had its origins in journalist Ben Smith's ''New York Observer'' blog, "''The Poli ...
, a political news website operated by ''
The New York Observer
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'' media company.
Hirschhorn also founded pa2010.com, a website dedicated to the 2010 election cycle in Pennsylvania,
and worked at ''
Politico
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''.
External links
"Dan Hirschhorn" ''
Politico
''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the Unit ...
''
About pa2010.com
References
Living people
Journalists from Philadelphia
American newspaper reporters and correspondents
Political journalists from Pennsylvania
Brandeis University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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