- Daniel Johnson (journalist)
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Daniel Benedict Johnson (born 26 August 1957) is a British journalist who is the founding editor of Standpoint.[1][2]
Biography
After graduating with a First in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford, Johnson was awarded a Shakespeare Scholarship to Berlin. Returning to English academia as a fellow of Queen Mary's London, he served as Director of Publications for the Centre for Policy Studies.
As a leading journalist, Johnson made his name covering the fall of the Berlin Wall for the Daily Telegraph, while stationed as German correspondent. He has been a leader writer for both The Times and the Telegraph,[3] as well as literary editor and associate editor for The Times. In 2008 he launched Standpoint magazine, as founding editor. He was also a contributing editor of The New York Sun and a contributor to The Times Literary Supplement, The Literary Review, Prospect, Commentary, The New Criterion,[4] 'The American Spectator and The Weekly Standard.
Married with four children, he is the son of the author and Presidential Medal of Freedom holder Paul Johnson and brother of entrepreneur Luke Johnson.[5]
Bibliography
- 1989 German Neo-Liberals and the Social Market Economy
- 1991 Thomas Mann: Death in Venice and other stories
- 2007 White King and Red Queen: How the Cold War was Fought on the Chessboard
References
- ^ "About Us". Standpoint. http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/about-us. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ "Will Standpoint fall at the first hurdle?". The Independent. 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5upa6brDn.
- ^ "Daniel Johnson profile". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2008/jun/04/resource. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ "Daniel Johnson". The New Criterion. http://www.newcriterion.com/author.cfm?authorid=60. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ^ "Arguing the World: Standpoint, A New British Periodical". The New York Sun. June 30, 2008. http://www.nysun.com/arts/arguing-the-world-standpoint-a-new-british/80909/. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
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