Howard Fineman
Fineman on the campaign trail at the CPAC Conference (February, 2012)
Born	Nov, 1949 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Colgate University (B.A.) Columbia University (M.S.) University of Louisville School of Law (J.D.)
Spouse	Amy L. Nathan
Children	Meredith Fineman & Nicholas Fineman
Website
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/reporting/howard-fineman

Howard Fineman is an American journalist who is editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group.^[1] Prior to his move to Huffington Post in October 2010, he was Newsweek’s Chief Political Correspondent, Senior Editor and Deputy Washington Bureau Chief. An award-winning writer, Fineman also is an NBC News analyst, contributing reports to the network and its cable affiliate MSNBC. He appears frequently on “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell” and “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The author of scores of Newsweek cover stories, Fineman’s work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic. His “Living Politics” column was posted weekly on Newsweek.com.^[2] Fineman authored his first book in 2008, The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country.

Education and early career[link]

Fineman holds an A.B., from Colgate (where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi), an M.S. in journalism from Columbia, and a J.D. from the University of Louisville. His legal education included a year at the Georgetown University Law Center. He received Watson and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowships for study in Europe, Russia and the Middle East.

A native of Pittsburgh, Fineman attended Taylor Allderdice High School, graduating in 1966.^[3] Fineman was raised in a Jewish family.^[4] He began his journalism career at The Louisville Courier-Journal, covering the environment, the coal industry and state politics before joining the newspaper’s Washington bureau in 1978. He moved to Newsweek in 1980, was named chief political correspondent in 1984, deputy Washington bureau chief in 1993 and senior editor in 1995.

Accomplishments and awards[link]

Fineman has interviewed every major presidential candidate since 1984, focusing in recent years on the rise and times of George W. Bush. A Newsweek cover story in November 2001 featured the president’s first extensive post-9/11 interview. Fineman’s other awards include a “Page One” from the Headliners Club of New York, a “Silver Gavel” from ABA and a “Deadline Club” from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Besides campaign-year stories, Fineman has covered political topics from a liberal point of view and ideology. He wrote on the rise of the "religious right," the power of talk radio, race and politics, the Pledge of Allegiance controversy, etc. He has interviewed business leaders such as Bill Gates, Steve Case, and Steve Ballmer. He interviewed GOP operative Lee Atwater, in the documentary “Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story.”

Howard Fineman

Fineman reports for NBC, and has appeared on most major public affairs shows. He was a panelist on PBS’s "Washington Week in Review," 1983-1995, and on CNN’s "Capital Gang Sunday," 1995-1998.

Controversies[link]

This racism accusation was criticized by Ed Morrissey on Hot Air, Mark Steyn in OC Register, by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Ralph R. Reiland, and other media outlets.^[5][6][7]

Glenn Greenwald has accused Fineman of "gush[ing] over the maleness of . . . Republican candidates and warn[ing] Democrats about how that has real appeal to American voters."^[8]

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