Andrew Ferguson (journalist)

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Andrew Ferguson
Born (1956-06-28) June 28, 1956 (age 69)

Andrew Ferguson (born June 28, 1956) is an American journalist and author. [1]

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Career

Ferguson is currently a staff writer at The Atlantic . [2]

Previously, he was senior editor of The Weekly Standard (defunct since December 2018), and a columnist for Bloomberg News [3] based in Washington, D.C. [4] After the close of The Weekly Standard, David Brooks called Ferguson "the greatest political writer of my generation." [5]

Before joining the Standard at its founding in 1995, he was senior editor at Washingtonian magazine. He has been a columnist for Fortune, TV Guide , and Forbes FYI , and a contributing editor to Time. He has also written for The New Yorker , New York, The New Republic , the Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , and other publications. [6]

In 1992, he was a White House speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush. [7]

A collection of his essays, Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996, and Land of Lincoln was published released by Grove/Atlantic in 2007. His work has appeared in several anthologies. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Ferguson on journalism, politics, and culture".
  2. ↑ "The Atlantic Hires Andrew Ferguson as Staff Writer, Joining Ideas Section". The Atlantic. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  3. ↑ Andrew Ferguson, "Five Best" Laughter That Lasts: Some humor doesn't age well, but these American classics remain funny beyond compare Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , 2006-12-02, accessed 2006-12-03
  4. ↑ "Andrew Ferguson – Columnist for Bloomberg News Press Releases Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ", Bachelor Media, accessed December 3, 2006
  5. ↑ David Brooks, "Who Killed the Weekly Standard?"," The New York Times , 2018-12-15, accessed 2018-12-18
  6. 1 2 "Andrew Ferguson," at the WritersReps.com, accessed 2006-12-03
  7. ↑ Andrew Ferguson, "Virginia's Jim Webb Joins Strange Bedfellows," Bloomberg News, 2006-11-14, accessed 2006-12-03
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