- Anne Kornblut
Anne Elise Kornblut (born
February 25 ,1973 ) is an American journalist. She is currently a staff writer for the "Washington Post ".Biography
Kornblut was raised in
McLean, Virginia , the daughter of Jane Kornblut and the late Arthur T. Kornblut, a lawyer with a practice inWashington, D.C . She was a National Merit Program semifinalist in 1989. She graduated fromHolton-Arms School private school in Bethesda Maryland in 1990. She is a 1994 graduate ofColumbia University .Career
Kornblut formerly worked at the "
New York Daily News ", at which she served as an intern, and at the "Boston Globe ", for which she also covered national politics. A veteran of the 2000 and 2004 presidential races, her political reportage has included stories on the reelection campaign ofGeorge W. Bush and theJack Abramoff lobbying scandal.Kornblut joined the "
New York Times " in 2005. One of her assignments was to cover the political career and reelection campaign of SenatorHillary Clinton ; she thereafter became one of the paper's national political correspondents.In early 2007, Kornblut was hired by the "Washington Post." She is a frequent guest on
MSNBC 's "Hardball with Chris Matthews ."Allegation by Hillary Clinton Campaign
On 11 August 2008, The Atlantic Monthly magazine revealed a letter by "The Washington Post's" managing editor, dated 11 February 2008, addressed to the Hillary Clinton campaign manager, in which he had protested the assertion made by an addressee's spokesman that Kornblut was fired by "The New York Times" because of her reporting. The editor rejected the allegation, and defended her reporting as "tough, accurate and fair". [citeweb|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/a/green-wash-post-letter-2-11-08.mhtml|title=Letter of complaint from the Washington Post's managing editor, Phillip Bennett|publisher=The Atlantic Monthly|date=2008-08-11|accessdate=2008-08-13]
Awards
In 2002, she won the
White House Correspondents' Association Aldo Beckman Award for her coverage of President George W. Bush’s first year in office.Criticism
Kornblut has been criticized by a number of influential members of the leftwing blogosphere for "being a mouthpiece" for the Republican talking points. [ [http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/08/23/kornblut/index.html Ending the war vs. supporting the troops - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com ] ]
Personal life
Kornblut married English-born
BBC News producer Mark Orchard at the Ashby Inn inParis, Virginia , in a service conducted by anEpiscopal priest onSeptember 2 ,2001 . [citeweb|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E1DE1030F931A3575AC0A9679C8B63|title=WEDDINGS; Anne Kornblut, Mark Orchard|publisher=New York Times|date=2001-09-02|accessdate=2008-06-22] They honeymooned inBaja California . [citeweb|url=http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=2371|title=Tactical Shift|publisher=American Journalism Review|date=2001-12|accessdate=2008-06-22] The pair later divorced.References
External links
* [http://www.AnneKornblut.com www.AnneKornblut.com- Official Website]
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* [http://www.observer.com/node/38574 "New York Observer" article on Kornblut]
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