Michael Hirsh (journalist)
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Michael Hirsh is the former Foreign Editor and chief diplomatic correspondent for Newsweek
. He is currently a senior editor in the magazine's Washington bureau. He was a member of JournoList
. He is a lecturer and has appeared numerous times as a commentator on Fox News, CNN
, MSNBC
, National Public Radio, and is a frequent guest of The Young Turks
, a streaming internet political talk show. In addition to Newsweek
, he has also written for Foreign Affairs
, Harper's, and Washington Monthly. Hirsh was co-winner of the Overseas Press Club
award for best magazine reporting from abroad in 2001 for "prescience in identifying the al Qaeda threat half a year before September 11 and for Newsweek' s coverage of the war on terror, which also won a National Magazine Award
. He lives in Washington, D.C. He is of Jewish background.
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
. He is currently a senior editor in the magazine's Washington bureau. He was a member of JournoList
JournoList
JournoList was a private Google Groups forum for discussing politics and the news media with 400 "left-leaning"...
. He is a lecturer and has appeared numerous times as a commentator on Fox News, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
, National Public Radio, and is a frequent guest of The Young Turks
The Young Turks (talk show)
The Young Turks is a progressive Internet talk show via live web stream and YouTube, and starting in late 2011, a weeknight news and political commentary program airing on Current TV. It was Sirius Satellite Radio's first original talk programming. The Young Turks claims to be the first Internet...
, a streaming internet political talk show. In addition to Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, he has also written for Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
, Harper's, and Washington Monthly. Hirsh was co-winner of the Overseas Press Club
Overseas Press Club
The Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
award for best magazine reporting from abroad in 2001 for "prescience in identifying the al Qaeda threat half a year before September 11 and for Newsweek
National Magazine Award
The National Magazine Awards are a series of US awards that honor excellence in the magazine industry. They are administered by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City...
. He lives in Washington, D.C. He is of Jewish background.
External links
- The Young Turks
- Videos of discussions/debates involving Hirsh on Bloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers...