E. Thomas Wood
Encyclopedia
E. Thomas Wood is an American journalist
, historian
and freelance writer. He currently works as a reporter for NashvillePost.com
, a local business and political news website in Nashville, Tennessee
.
In the 1990s, Wood regularly contributed to The New York Times
from Nashville and other locations (including Romania, where he lectured at universities in 1997), and to The Wall Street Journal
. He was the founding editor of Bank Director magazine and served as editor and publisher of Nashville Life and Business Nashville
magazines. He was a business reporter and interim business editor at The Tennessean
in the early 1990s.
He has been a member since 1998 of the state-chartered Tennessee Holocaust Commission.
A native of Nashville, Wood is a graduate of that city's Montgomery Bell Academy
(having attended Riverside Military Academy
in seventh grade, 1976-77) and Vanderbilt University
. He holds a Master's degree
in European Studies from Pembroke College, Cambridge
.
Wood is married to food writer and author Nicki Pendleton Wood.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and freelance writer. He currently works as a reporter for NashvillePost.com
NashvillePost.com
NashvillePost.com is an online news service covering business and politics in the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area. It is locally owned and available by subscription....
, a local business and political news website in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
In the 1990s, Wood regularly contributed to The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
from Nashville and other locations (including Romania, where he lectured at universities in 1997), and to The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
. He was the founding editor of Bank Director magazine and served as editor and publisher of Nashville Life and Business Nashville
Business Nashville
Business Nashville Magazine, a regional glossy, was published monthly with a local circulation of about 160,000,000 until it was acquired by NashvillePost.com in 2001...
magazines. He was a business reporter and interim business editor at The Tennessean
The Tennessean
The Tennessean is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky....
in the early 1990s.
He has been a member since 1998 of the state-chartered Tennessee Holocaust Commission.
A native of Nashville, Wood is a graduate of that city's Montgomery Bell Academy
Montgomery Bell Academy
Montgomery Bell Academy is a preparatory day school for boys in grades 7 through 12 in Nashville, Tennessee.The school ideal is "Gentleman, Scholar, Athlete." Montgomery Bell Academy is noted for a large number of National Merit and other scholarship winners...
(having attended Riverside Military Academy
Riverside Military Academy
Riverside Military Academy is a private, college preparatory, boarding and day school for boys in grades 7 though 12. Riverside's campus is located on Lake Sydney Lanier at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. Riverside's academic year runs August through May...
in seventh grade, 1976-77) and Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
. He holds a Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in European Studies from Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its...
.
Wood is married to food writer and author Nicki Pendleton Wood.
Works
- Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1994. ISBN 0-471-14573-4.
- Nashville: An American Self-Portrait (co-editor), Nashville: Beaten Biscuit Press, 2001. ISBN 0-9706702-1-4.