- Froma Harrop
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URL =http://www.fromaharrop.comFroma Harrop (born March 18, 1950 in
New York City ) is an American writer who normally "displays an independent voice on politics, economics, and culture." [The Cagle Post. [http://www.caglepost.com/c/58/froma+harrop.html caglepost.com/froma_harrop] ] . She was a backer of John Edwards, then Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Democratic Nomination.She is best known for her twice-a-week syndicated column which appears in about 200 newspapers including the "
Seattle Times ", "Philadelphia Inquirer ", "Denver Post ", "Dallas Morning News ", "Houston Chronicle ", "Detroit News ", and "Newsday ".Creators Syndicate, Inc. [http://www.creators.com/opinion/froma-harrop-about.html creators.com/froma-harrop] ] Media Matters for America ranks Harrop 20th among the top 100 syndicated columnists for total reader reach and 14th based on average circulation. [2008 Media Matters for America. [http://mediamatters.org/reports/oped/report "Black and White & Re(a)d all over: The Conservative Advantage in Syndicated Op-Ed Columns"] ]Early life
Born in
New York City , Harrop was raised in suburbanLong Island . [ [http://www.fromaharrop.com/about.aspx fromaharrop.com/about Froma Harrop personal web site] ] After graduating fromNew York University , she worked on the financial desk atReuters , covering business and theFederal Reserve . [Detroit News Online. [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=OPINION0351 Froma Harrop Bio at DetNews] ]Recent career
Harrop later became a business editor for The New York Times News Service. She returned to her reporting roots as a business writer for the "
Providence Journal " inRhode Island and subsequently joined the "Journal"’s editorial board, where she remains a member. [ [http://www.projo.com projo.com The Providence Journal Bulletin] ] Harrop currently resides in Providence.Harrop has been a guest on PBS, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR and many other television and radio stations. Specific appearances include the
Lou Dobbs Show,Tucker onMSNBC andPBS ’s White House Chronicles. [ [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7325843257519224087&q=White+House+Chronicle+Harrop&total=1&start+0&num+10&so+0&type+search White House Chronicles Froma Harrop Video] ]Her column has become a regular feature on the RealClearPolitics.com website. [ [http://www.realclearpolitics.com realclearpoitics.com Real Clear Politics] ]
Harrop has written for such diverse publications as
The New York Times ,Harper’s Bazaar , andInstitutional Investor . Her columns have been published in several book anthologies.Her views have been described as going against the
conventional wisdom , as "left of center," "fairly independent," "with a libertarian streak," "issue oriented," and as theHeartland Institute 's "favorite lefty." [ [http://www.fromtheheartland.org/blog/2006/03/ fromtheheartland.org] ] In 2008, she has been a supporter of presidential contenderHillary Clinton Fact|date=May 2008.Awards
* Editor & Publisher named Harrop’s column a Feature of the Year in 2003.
* Loeb Awards finalist for economic commentary in 2004. [UCLA Anderson School of Management. [http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x4985.xml Gerald Loeb Awards] ]
* Honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in 2001.
* New England Associated Press Newspaper Executives Association five time award recipient.ee also
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