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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
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, senior political editor at
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, and director of news at Time, Inc. and
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. Hirschhorn attended
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 ...
, 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
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. He was the "Philly-based half" of
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, a political news website operated by ''
The New York Observer ''The New York Observer'' was a weekly newspaper established in 1987. In 2016, it ceased print publication and became the online-only newspaper ''Observer''. The media site focuses on culture, real estate, media, politics and the entertainment ...
'' media company. Hirschhorn also founded pa2010.com, a website dedicated to the 2010 election cycle in Pennsylvania, and worked at ''
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 ...
''.


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Living people Journalists from Philadelphia American newspaper reporters and correspondents Political journalists from Pennsylvania Brandeis University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-journalist-20thC-stub