Rosalind S. Helderman | |
Birth Name: | Rosalind Sarah Helderman |
Birth Date: | 3 October 1978 |
Birth Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Nationality: | American |
Alma Mater: | Harvard University |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Years Active: | 2001-present |
Employer: | The Washington Post |
Awards: |
Rosalind S. Helderman (born October 3, 1978) is a journalist in the United States. She is currently a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post.[1] [2]
Helderman was born to Hal and Phyllis Helderman and raised in metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee. Her family is Jewish.[3] She graduated from the West End Synagogue’s Beit Miriam Religious School and earned a B.A. in history from Harvard University in 2001.[4]
Helderman joined The Post as a reporter in 2001. She was initially a general assignment reporter for the newspaper until she was promoted in 2014 to The Post's national political investigations and enterprise team for the 2014 and 2016 election cycles.[5] She is a regular contributor to MSNBC.[6]
Helderman was named Outstanding Journalist of the Year by the Virginia Press Association; won a George Polk Award in 2014; and was one of the investigators whose coverage of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize.[7]