Mary McNamara (born 1963) is an American journalist and television critic for the ''

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''. She won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Biography

McNamara moved from

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to Westminster in elementary school. She graduated from Westminster Senior High School and attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism. While at Missouri, she reported for the ''

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''. Upon her graduation, McNamara wrote for ''

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'', then worked for Whittle Communications. McNamara joined the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1991 as a features writer and editor. In 2009, she became the ''Times television critic.

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External links

Mary McNamara at the Los Angeles Times
* 1963 births Living people Writers from Baltimore Los Angeles Times people Missouri School of Journalism alumni People from Westminster, Maryland Pulitzer Prize for Criticism winners {{US-journalist-1960s-stub