| Barry Schweid | |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1932 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Stuyvesant High School Columbia University Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Barry Schweid (July 30, 1932 – December 10, 2015) was an American journalist. As a correspondent for the Associated Press (AP), he reported on politics and international diplomacy from the 1950s until his retirement in 2012.[1] [2]
Schweid was born in Manhattan, New York City.[2] He attended Stuyvesant High School (class of 1949),[3] Columbia University (class of 1953),[4] where he worked on the Columbia Daily Spectator,[3] and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1954).[2] After Columbia, he served in the U.S. Army as a public relations specialist before joining the Associated Press.[2]
Among many other stories, Schweid covered the shuttle diplomacy efforts of Henry Kissinger.
Schweid retired in 2012. He died on December 10, 2015, from "complications of a degenerative neurological condition." After his death, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement calling Schweid "an Associated Press legend and the longtime dean of the State Department press corps".[5]