Eleanor Randolph is an American

United States

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 journalist and member of the editorial board of The New York Times

The New York Times

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. A native of Florida, Randolph is a graduate of Emory University

Emory University

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 and veteran journalist who began working at a newspaper in Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752...

 in 1968. She has covered national politics and the media for The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times and The Los Angeles Times, among others. Her articles have appeared in Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

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, Esquire

Esquire (magazine)

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, The New Republic

The New Republic

The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...

 and other magazines. After working from 1991 to 1993 in Moscow

Moscow

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, she wrote a book on Russian life called "Waking the Tempests." A member of The Times editorial staff since 1998, she is the author of the "Fixing Albany" series on state government.

External links

• List of all current members of The New York Times editorial board, with capsule biographies
• Appreciations: Halberstam on Journalism, by Eleanor Randolph, The New York Times, April 25, 2007