Margot Roosevelt
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Margot Roosevelt is an American journalist. She worked for 13 years at The Washington Post
, for 20 years at TIME
, and was at the Los Angeles Times
from 2007 to 2011. Her fields have included foreign affairs, US Congress, and the environment, including climate change and air pollution. She is a fellow of the University of Southern California
's Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.
, the son of US President Theodore Roosevelt
. Roosevelt graduated from Radcliffe College
in 1971 with a degree in history, having graduated from the Lycée Français de New York
in 1968. She married Ralph Hornblower III on December 20, 1969; they subsequently divorced three decades later. She was known as Margot Hornblower from 1969 to 2000. She has two sons, Sam and Luke Hornblower.
in 1987, reporting from TIME's Paris bureau from 1988 to 1994, when she moved to Los Angeles.
Roosevelt was a 2010 National Center for Atmospheric Research
Journalism Fellow and 2010 Climate Media Fellow of the Earth Journalism Network. In 2011, Roosevelt received the award for "Distinguished Science Journalism in The Atmospheric and Related Sciences" from the American Meteorological Society
.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, for 20 years at TIME
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, and was at the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
from 2007 to 2011. Her fields have included foreign affairs, US Congress, and the environment, including climate change and air pollution. She is a fellow of the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
's Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.
Background
Roosevelt is the daughter of Edith Kermit Roosevelt and Alexander Gregory Barmine; Roosevelt's maternal grandfather is Archibald RooseveltArchibald Roosevelt
Archibald Bulloch "Archie" Roosevelt , the fifth child of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, was a distinguished U.S. Army officer and commander of U.S. forces in both World War I and II. In both conflicts he was wounded. He earned the Croix de guerre and Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,...
, the son of US President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
. Roosevelt graduated from Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
in 1971 with a degree in history, having graduated from the Lycée Français de New York
Lycée Français de New York
The Lycée Français de New York , literally The French High School of New York, is an exclusive French-medium school for K-12 students based in Manhattan, New York which follows the French curriculum of study and allows students to study for the French general Baccalauréat, the international option...
in 1968. She married Ralph Hornblower III on December 20, 1969; they subsequently divorced three decades later. She was known as Margot Hornblower from 1969 to 2000. She has two sons, Sam and Luke Hornblower.
Career
Roosevelt was a staff correspondent of the Washington Post for 13 years, during which time she was the Post's New York bureau chief for four years, congressional correspondent in Washington, D.C. for three years, and chief environmental correspondent for three years. She joined TIMETime (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
in 1987, reporting from TIME's Paris bureau from 1988 to 1994, when she moved to Los Angeles.
Roosevelt was a 2010 National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Center for Atmospheric Research
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. NCAR is managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the National Science Foundation...
Journalism Fellow and 2010 Climate Media Fellow of the Earth Journalism Network. In 2011, Roosevelt received the award for "Distinguished Science Journalism in The Atmospheric and Related Sciences" from the American Meteorological Society
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
.