A. B. Stoddard

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A. B. Stoddard
Alma mater Connecticut College (BA)
Occupation Journalist
Years active1999–present
Employer(s) The Bulwark
RealClearPolitics
Fox News
Organization Society of Professional Journalists
TelevisionHooked on Politics!
SpousePeter Scott Roberson
Parent(s) Brandon Stoddard
Alexandra Stoddard
AwardsDateline Award (2009, 2011)

Alexandra Brandon Stoddard is a writer at large at The Bulwark [1] and an associate editor and columnist at RealClearPolitics. [2] [3] Previously, she worked as an associate editor and columnist for The Hill newspaper. [4] [5] She has been quoted by other news media. [6] [7]

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Early life and education

Her father was former ABC Entertainment president Brandon Stoddard [8] and her mother is the author and interior designer Alexandra Stoddard. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Connecticut College in 1989. [9]

Career

Stoddard worked as a producer for World News Tonight (1999–2002). She covered the U.S. Senate for ABC News. She won first place in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial, Columns, Commentary" category of the Dateline Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Washington, D.C., chapter in 2009, [10] where the judges called her winning article "insightful". [11] She was awarded first place in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial" category in 2011, [12] and was a finalist in the 2012 awards in the "Weekly Newspaper – Editorial, Columns, Commentary" category. [13] [14]

Stoddard is a writer at large at The Bulwark, guest contributor on MSNBC and a Fox News political panel member. [15] She is a columnist on The Hill. She often appears as a guest on Special Report with Bret Baier . [16] [17] She is a former congressional reporter for The Hill . [18]

Personal life

Stoddard married Peter Scott Roberson on September 6, 1997. [19] She has a sister, Brooke Stoddard. [20]

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  2. ↑ "A.B. Stoddard | Author | RealClearPolitics". www.realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
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  7. ↑ Boedeker, Hal. "Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Jeb Bush: Sunday guests". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (December 22, 2014). "Brandon Stoddard, Former ABC Entertainment President, Dies at 77". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Notable Alumni". Connecticut College. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ "DC SPJ 2009 Dateline Award Winners and Finalists". SPC D.C. Pro. June 15, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
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  13. ↑ "2012 Dateline Award winners". SPC D.C. Pro. June 13, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  14. ↑ "A.B. STODDARD Associate Editor and Columnist for The Hill" (PDF). necanet.org. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
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  16. ↑ "Stoddard on Jeb Bush's low poll numbers: 'No point in getting out now'". Fox News . October 13, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
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  19. ↑ "Peter Roberson, Alexandra Stoddard (Published 1997)". The New York Times. September 7, 1997.
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