Margaret Carlson Explained

Birth Name:Margaret Bresnahan
Birth Date:November 29[1] [2]
Nationality:American
Children:1
Awards:Belva Ann Lockwood Award (2011)
Footnotes:[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Margaret Carlson is an American journalist, political pundit, and an opinion columnist for Bloomberg News. She is known for being the first female columnist for Time magazine. She was a regular panelist for CNN's Capital Gang from 1992 until its cancellation in 2005.

Early life, family and education

Margaret Carlson was born Margaret Bresnahan to James Francis Xavier Bresnahan and Mary Catherine McCreary Bresnahan. She graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Carlson earned a B.A. degree in English from Penn State University, then worked for several years before earning a J.D. degree from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.

Career

Carlson spent a year after college working at the U.S. Department of Labor and three other agencies. She subsequently taught third grade in Watts, Los Angeles, California, before joining Nader's raiders. After law school, she was briefly a Federal Trade Commission lawyer under Michael Pertschuk, until the Carter administration ended.[10] [11]

Her journalism career has included stints as Washington bureau chief for Esquire, editor of the short-lived Washington Weekly, and was a reporter and member of the editorial staff for the Washington-based national weekly newspaper "Legal Times." She was managing editor at The New Republic until January 1988, when she joined Time magazine. In 1994, she became the first female columnist in the magazine's history. Carlson covered four presidential elections for Time, but in 2005 she left for Bloomberg News where she writes a column.

At CNN she was a commentator on Inside Politics and, for 15 years, a panelist on The Capital Gang. She writes a weekly column for The Daily Beast.

Bibliography

References

Web site: Margaret Carlson . https://web.archive.org/web/20100502002542/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/carlson/bio.html . May 2, 2010 . 2011-10-01 . dead . TIME.com.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Margaret Carlson, columnist at The Daily Beast and a Time alum . . November 29, 2018.
  2. Web site: Wednesday's birthdays . . November 29, 2017.
  3. Web site: Margaret Carlson . 2006 . . . Detroit . . Gale Document Number: GALE. 2011-09-30 . Gale Biography in Context.
  4. Web site: Honoring Margaret Carlson . March 11, 2011 . George Washington University Law School . 2011-09-30 . The George Washington Law Alumni Association and the Law Association for Women (LAW) recognized renowned journalist Margaret Carlson, J.D. ’73, with the Belva Ann Lockwood Award, which celebrates the enduring legacy of women’s rights. Carlson writes a weekly column on politics for Bloomberg News, is the Washington editor of The Week, is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, and is a frequent commentator on MSNBC. She also holds the distinction of being the first female columnist for TIME magazine. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329115628/http://www.law.gwu.edu/News/newsstories/Pages/Carlson.aspx . March 29, 2012 . mdy-all.
  5. Web site: Margaret Carlson on Bob Novak . August 23, 2009 . Tina . Hay . The Penn Stater Magazine . Penn State Alumni Association . 2011-09-30 . Margaret Carlson ’66 ... was Margaret Bresnahan as a Penn State undergrad ....
  6. Web site: Judy Woodruff . Judy . Woodruff . Margaret Carlson: 'Anyone Can Grow Up . June 9, 2003 . . 2011-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404095255/http://articles.cnn.com/2003-06-09/politics/judy.page.carlson_1_bad-guys-margaret-carlson-white-house?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS . April 4, 2012 . dead .
  7. Web site: Margaret . Carlson . Diary : A weeklong electronic journal . Slate.com . May 9, 2003 . Until I was out of college, I knew the hospitality industry from the back stairs only; I would meet my grandmother after her shift as a maid at the Hotel Washington..
  8. News: . WEDDINGS; Courtney Carlson, David Yarkin . May 6, 2001 . 2011-10-01 . Courtney Anne Carlson, the daughter of Margaret Carlson and Eugene Carlson, both of Washington, was married there yesterday to David Paul Yarkin, the son of Reesa and Larry Yarkin of Framingham, Mass. Judge Marjorie O. Rendell of the Federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia officiated at the home of Katharine Graham, the former publisher of The Washington Post, a family friend.
    Ms. Carlson, 26, is keeping her name..
  9. Web site: CNN . Bios – Margaret Carlson . 2011-10-01 . native of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722172953/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/bios/frames/time/dc.bureau/carlson.html . July 22, 2011 . mdy-all.
  10. Book: Carlson, Margaret . Anyone can grow up: how George Bush and I made it to the White House . Simon and Schuster . 1, 2, 9, 14–16 . registration . margaret carlson courtney. . 9780684808901 . April 29, 2003.
  11. Book: Carlson, Margaret . 2011-10-01 . 10 of 19 . May 4, 2003 . https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125189&page=10 . Excerpt: 'Anyone Can Grow Up' . Part One: Personal or Family Matters . Good Morning America.

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