Andrew Ferguson | |
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Born | June 28, 1956 |
Nationality | American |
Andrew Ferguson (born June 28, 1956) is an American journalist and author. [1]
Ferguson is currently a staff writer at The Atlantic. [2]
Previously, he was senior editor of The Weekly Standard (defunct since December 2018), and a columnist for Bloomberg News [3] [4] based in Washington, D.C. [5] After the close of The Weekly Standard, David Brooks called Ferguson "the greatest political writer of my generation." [6]
Before joining the Standard at its founding in 1995, he was senior editor at Washingtonian magazine. He has been a columnist for Fortune, TV Guide, and Forbes FYI, and a contributing editor to Time. He has also written for The New Yorker, New York, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. [7]
In 1992, he was a White House speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush. [8]
A collection of his essays, Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996, and Land of Lincoln was published released by Grove/Atlantic in 2007. His work has appeared in several anthologies. [7]
Ferguson cites H.L. Mencken and E.B. White as influences. [4]
Ferguson is a practicing Catholic. [4]
Andrew Ferguson | |
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Born | June 28, 1956 |
Nationality | American |
Andrew Ferguson (born June 28, 1956) is an American journalist and author. [1]
Ferguson is currently a staff writer at The Atlantic. [2]
Previously, he was senior editor of The Weekly Standard (defunct since December 2018), and a columnist for Bloomberg News [3] [4] based in Washington, D.C. [5] After the close of The Weekly Standard, David Brooks called Ferguson "the greatest political writer of my generation." [6]
Before joining the Standard at its founding in 1995, he was senior editor at Washingtonian magazine. He has been a columnist for Fortune, TV Guide, and Forbes FYI, and a contributing editor to Time. He has also written for The New Yorker, New York, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. [7]
In 1992, he was a White House speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush. [8]
A collection of his essays, Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996, and Land of Lincoln was published released by Grove/Atlantic in 2007. His work has appeared in several anthologies. [7]
Ferguson cites H.L. Mencken and E.B. White as influences. [4]
Ferguson is a practicing Catholic. [4]