Timothy Noah
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Timothy Robert Noah is an American journalist
. He is a senior editor of The New Republic
, where he writes the TRB column and a political blog. Noah is also a contributing editor to The Washington Monthly
and a frequent commentator on CBS News' Sunday Morning. In 2010 Noah was a National Magazine Award finalist in the online news reporting category for his coverage of the health care reform bill, and for a decade he wrote Slate' s "Chatterbox" column. Noah is completing a book about income inequality in the United States, the subject of a ten-part series ("The Great Divergence") that he published in Slate in September 2010. The series won the 2011 Sidney Hillman Prize in the magazine category. The book will be published by Bloomsbury in the spring of 2012.
, from which he obtained a degree in English in 1980, and where he was on the prose board of the Harvard Advocate. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Noah was an assistant managing editor at U.S. News and World Report, a Washington reporter for the Wall Street Journal, a staff writer at The New Republic
and a congressional correspondent for Newsweek
. Prior to rejoining the New Republic after a 29-year hiatus, Noah was for 12 years a senior writer at Slate.
's February 3 speech to the United Nations
. After many of Powell's statements were proven false, Noah changed his mind again about the war, praising those who had remained steadfastly against it in an August 2004 column. After that, he became an outspoken critic of the media's ongoing tendency to grant credibility to war boosters, while discounting the views of those who opposed the war from the start.
, died of cancer in 2005. After her death, Noah edited an anthology of Williams' writing, The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate. The book won PEN
's Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction and a National Magazine Award
in the category of essays and criticism. A second Williams anthology, Reputation: Portraits in Power was published in October 2008. Noah has two teenage children.
Noah's nephew is Maroon 5
lead singer Adam Levine
.
"The Great Divergence" October 24, 2010
"Why the Filibuster Deserves No Respect," March 14, 2010
"Celebrity Commencements," May 24, 2009
"Let Us Now 'Change' The Campaign Rhetoric," Sept. 7, 2008
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...
. He is a senior editor of 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...
, where he writes the TRB column and a political blog. Noah is also a contributing editor to The Washington Monthly
The Washington Monthly
The Washington Monthly is a bimonthly nonprofit magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C.The magazine's founder is Charles Peters, who started the magazine in 1969 and continues to write the "Tilting at Windmills" column in each issue. Paul Glastris, former...
and a frequent commentator on CBS News' Sunday Morning. In 2010 Noah was a National Magazine Award finalist in the online news reporting category for his coverage of the health care reform bill, and for a decade he wrote Slate
Early life and career
Noah is the son of Marian Jane (née Swentor) and Robert M. Noah, a television producer. His father was Jewish and his mother was Protestant, and he describes himself as an atheist. He is a graduate of Harvard CollegeHarvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
, from which he obtained a degree in English in 1980, and where he was on the prose board of the Harvard Advocate. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Noah was an assistant managing editor at U.S. News and World Report, a Washington reporter for the Wall Street Journal, a staff writer at 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 a congressional correspondent for Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
. Prior to rejoining the New Republic after a 29-year hiatus, Noah was for 12 years a senior writer at Slate.
Iraq War
In a February 2003 article in Slate, Noah described his initial opposition to the Iraq War and his conversion to the pro-war position by Colin PowellColin Powell
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve in that position. During his military...
's February 3 speech to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. After many of Powell's statements were proven false, Noah changed his mind again about the war, praising those who had remained steadfastly against it in an August 2004 column. After that, he became an outspoken critic of the media's ongoing tendency to grant credibility to war boosters, while discounting the views of those who opposed the war from the start.
Personal life
Noah's late wife, fellow journalist Marjorie WilliamsMarjorie Williams
Marjorie Williams was a writer, reporter, and columnist for Vanity Fair and The Washington Post, writing about American society and profiling the American "political elite."...
, died of cancer in 2005. After her death, Noah edited an anthology of Williams' writing, The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate. The book won PEN
PEN American Center
PEN American Center , founded in 1922 and based in New York City, works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship. The Center has a membership of 3,300 writers, editors, and translators...
's Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction and a National Magazine Award
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
in the category of essays and criticism. A second Williams anthology, Reputation: Portraits in Power was published in October 2008. Noah has two teenage children.
Noah's nephew is Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
lead singer Adam Levine
Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.-Early life:...
.
Selected appearances on CBS News's Sunday Morning
"Ban the Benjamins!," April 3, 2011"The Great Divergence" October 24, 2010
"Why the Filibuster Deserves No Respect," March 14, 2010
"Celebrity Commencements," May 24, 2009
"Let Us Now 'Change' The Campaign Rhetoric," Sept. 7, 2008
External links
- Slate articles, by year
- Video (with audio-only available) conversations with Noah on Bloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers...