Nicholas Goldberg

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Nicholas Goldberg
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Born (1958-11-06) November 6, 1958 (age 64)
New York City
OccupationReporter, editor
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University
Spouse Amy Wilentz

Nicholas Goldberg (born November 6, 1958) is an American journalist, and is currently an associate editor and Op-Ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times . His writing has been published in the New Republic, New York Times, Vanity Fair, the Nation, Sunday Times of London and Washington Monthly, among other places. [1] He wrote his last column for the Los Angeles Times on June 30, 2023. [2]

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Early life and education

Goldberg was born and raised in New York City. He is the son of Richard Goldberg, who lives in Wiesbaden Germany, and the late Uli Beigel Monaco. [3] He graduated from Harvard University in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in government. [4] [5]

Career

Goldberg is a former reporter and editor at Newsday in New York, which he joined in 1983. There, he covered the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton [6] and served as New York's state house bureau chief in Albany, [7] covering the administrations of Governors Mario Cuomo [8] and George Pataki. [9] [10]

From 1995 to 1998, he worked as Newsday's Middle East bureau chief based in Jerusalem. [11] [12] While in this position, he covered the Israeli-Palestinian peace process; [13] presidential elections in Iran; [14] arms monitoring in Iraq; famine in Sudan; civil war in Algeria; war in Lebanon; [15] and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Saudi Arabia. [16]

Between 1999 and 2002, Goldberg served as a director of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates and then as senior Vice President of Benenson Strategy Group conducting polls, focus groups, and other strategic research for political candidates, not-for-profit organizations, and corporations. [17]

He was hired by The Los Angeles Times in 2002 to be editor of the op-ed page. He became deputy editorial page editor in 2008. [18] A year later, he was named editor of the editorial pages. [19] As editor, he oversaw the editorial board, letters, and the op-ed and Sunday opinion sections.

In 2020, he became an op-ed columnist and associate editor of the paper. [20]

Goldberg is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. [21] He also serves on the board of The Marshall Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit online journalism organization focusing on issues related to criminal justice in the United States. [22]

Personal life

He and his wife, the writer Amy Wilentz, live in Los Angeles. [23] He has three grown sons.

Publications

Goldberg's writing has been published in The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The New York Times, Vanity Fair , [24] The Nation, The Chicago Tribune [25] , The Seattle Times [26] , The Sunday Times of London, and Washington Monthly , among other publications. [27]

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  1. ↑ "Nicholas Goldberg — Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (30 June 2023). "Column: One last opinion". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Wedding Plans For Amy Wilentz (Published 1989)". The New York Times. 1989-10-22. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  4. ↑ Scheer, Robert (2018-07-27). "Are the Billionaire Owners of the L.A. Times and Washington Post Good for Journalism?". Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  5. ↑ "Directory Search - HarvardKey". www.pin1.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  6. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (1992-10-18). "Bill Clinton's Arkansas: If one is to understand Bill Clinton, it's essential to understand the place that created him and how he, in turn, has changed it". Newsday: Nassau and Suffolk edition. ProQuest   278549925 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  7. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (1993-11-19). "Cuomo takes poll plunge". Newsday: City edition. Albany Bureau Chief. ProQuest   278742992 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  8. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (1990-06-07). "Cuomo defends bill on homeless funds". Newsday: Albany Bureau, Nassau and Suffolk edition. ProQuest   278205938 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  9. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (1995-05-22). "Pataki: Budget ensures change". Newsday. ProQuest   402393171 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  10. ↑ "Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist". Los Angeles Times. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  11. ↑ Klein, Amy (2008-02-01). "Keeping it fair and balanced at the Los Angeles Times". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  12. ↑ "An Evening with Amy Wilentz and Nick Goldberg | The Takeaway". Zócalo Public Square. 2004-07-06. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  13. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (1996-02-28). "'Hostage to Hamas': Peres' peace referendum falls prey to bombings". Newsday: Nassau and Suffolk edition. ProQuest   278949537 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  14. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (1997-06-10). "Many Iranians no longer view U.S. as 'Great Satan', election outcomes confirms moderate trend". Special from Newsday. ProQuest   424893832 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  15. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas; Middle East Correspondent (1996-04-27). "Raids on Lebanon: The smoke lingers". Newsday: Nassau and Suffolk edition. ProQuest   278903633 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  16. ↑ "Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist". Los Angeles Times. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  17. ↑ "Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist". Los Angeles Times. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  18. ↑ "Los Angeles Times Announces Masthead Changes". Los Angeles Times. 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  19. ↑ "Nicholas Goldberg Appointed Los Angeles Times Editorial Pages Editor". www.businesswire.com. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  20. ↑ "Times announces promotions, new roles among newsroom management team". Los Angeles Times. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  21. ↑ "Council on Foreign Relations". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  22. ↑ "Our People". The Marshall Project. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  23. ↑ Jacobs, Alexandra (2006-09-03). "California Girl (Published 2006)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  24. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (December 1988). "DEATH AND BROTHERHOOD". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  25. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (2020-09-25). "Commentary: 1st debate will test Trump's claims about Biden's mental state". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  26. ↑ Goldberg, Nicholas (2020-05-08). "Another resurrection story for the unsinkable Bibi Netanyahu". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  27. ↑ "Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist". Los Angeles Times. 2014-03-26.
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