Peter Applebome
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Peter Applebome is an American
writer and reporter for the New York Times.
Applebome was born in New York City
and grew up in Great Neck, N.Y. He graduated from Duke University
in 1971 and from Northwestern University
Journalism School in 1974. He worked at a newspapers in Corpus Christi
and in Dallas and at Texas Monthly
magazine. He joined the New York Times in 1987 as a national correspondent and then as bureau chief in Houston. He moved to Atlanta as Southern Bureau chief in 1989, served in that job for five years. Since then he has covered education and culture and is now Deputy Metropolitan Editor.
Tara McPherson
, a professor of popular culture at the University of Southern California
, calls Appelbome a "prominent liberal journalist".
United States
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writer and reporter for the New York Times.
Applebome was born in New York City
New York City
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and grew up in Great Neck, N.Y. He graduated from Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
in 1971 and from Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
Journalism School in 1974. He worked at a newspapers in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...
and in Dallas and at Texas Monthly
Texas Monthly
Texas Monthly is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Austin, Texas. Texas Monthly is published by Emmis Publishing, L.P. and was founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the environment, industry, and education...
magazine. He joined the New York Times in 1987 as a national correspondent and then as bureau chief in Houston. He moved to Atlanta as Southern Bureau chief in 1989, served in that job for five years. Since then he has covered education and culture and is now Deputy Metropolitan Editor.
Tara McPherson
Tara McPherson
Tara McPherson is an American artist based out of New York City. She studied art at Santa Monica Community College and earned her BFA from Art Center in Pasadena, CA in August 2001 with honors in Illustration and a minor in Fine Art, working on Matt Groening's Futurama during college.-Career:Tara...
, a professor of popular culture at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, calls Appelbome a "prominent liberal journalist".
Books
- Scout's Honor: A Father's Unlikely Foray Into the Woods (2004, Tandem Library)
- Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture (1996, Times Books)
External links
- http://www.peterapplebome.com/