Michael Scherer (journalist)

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Michael Scherer
Education University of California, Santa Cruz (BA)
Columbia University
OccupationJournalist
Employer The Atlantic
AwardsNational Press Club Award, New York Press Club Award

Michael Scherer is an American journalist. He is currently a reporter for The Atlantic . He previously wrote for The Washington Post, covering the White House and Congress. [1]

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Education

Scherer received a B.A. in literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He later completed a Masters at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[ citation needed ]

Career

Scherer started his career as a reporter at Mother Jones before he was made Washington correspondent for Salon . He was recruited to join TIME in 2007 and was the magazine’s White House correspondent until he was promoted to Washington bureau chief in 2009. [2] He moved to The Washington Post in 2017 [3] and to The Atlantic at the very end of 2024. [4]

Scherer regularly appears on PBS's Washington Week and C-SPAN . [5]

Awards

Scherer won the National Press Club’s Lee Walczak Award for Political Excellence in 2012 for his work covering the Obama re-election campaign. [6] [7] In 2014, Scherer won the New York Press Club Award for Political Coverage for a cover story on the US government shutdown in 2013. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Scherer, The Washington Post". The Washington Post .
  2. ↑ Rappaport, Scott. "Humanities alum Michael Scherer joins 'Washington Post' as national political reporter". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  3. ↑ Fletcher, Paul. "Scherer To Leave TIME For The Washington Post". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  4. ↑ Herzlich, Taylor. "Two more top reporters flee Washington Post for further-left pasture". The New York Post. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Washington Post's Michael Scherer breaks down the Alabama Senate race". www.pbs.org. 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  6. ↑ Club, National Press. "SCOTUSblog, Time, USA Today, ABC among National Press Club Journalism Award winners". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  7. ↑ "Michael Scherer | Alumni Writers UCSC" . Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  8. ↑ "Time Makes Several Hires and Promotions, Names Michael Scherer Washington Bureau Chief". www.adweek.com. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
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