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Margaret Carlson

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Margaret Carlson
Born
Margaret Bresnahan

November 29[1][2]
NationalityAmerican
Education
Spouse
Eugene Carlson
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(m. 1972, divorced)​
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Children1
Parents
  • James Francis Xavier Bresnahan
  • Mary Catherine McCreary
AwardsBelva Ann Lockwood Award (2011)
Notes

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

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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

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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.[3][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

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  • Carlson, Margaret (2003). Anyone Can Grow Up: How George Bush and I Made It to the White House. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-80890-0. LCCN 2003042461.
  • Carlson, Margaret. Anyone Can Grow Up: How George Bush and I Made it to the White House.
  • Carlson, Margaret Bresnahan; Shafer, Ronald G. (1973). How to Get Your Car Repaired without Getting Gypped. Harrow books. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-087035-4.

References

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"Margaret Carlson". TIME.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  1. ^ "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Margaret Carlson, columnist at The Daily Beast and a Time alum". Politico. November 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "Wednesday's birthdays". Politico. November 29, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Carlson, Margaret (April 29, 2003). Anyone can grow up: how George Bush and I made it to the White House. Simon and Schuster. pp. 1, 2, 9, 14–16. ISBN 9780684808901. margaret carlson courtney.
  4. ^ "Margaret Carlson" (fee, via Fairfax County Public Library). Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2006. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000165219. Retrieved September 30, 2011. Gale Biography in Context.
  5. ^ "Honoring Margaret Carlson". George Washington University Law School. March 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2011. 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.
  6. ^ Hay, Tina (August 23, 2009). "Margaret Carlson on Bob Novak". The Penn Stater Magazine. Penn State Alumni Association. Retrieved September 30, 2011. Margaret Carlson '66 ... was Margaret Bresnahan as a Penn State undergrad ...
  7. ^ Woodruff, Judy (June 9, 2003). "Margaret Carlson: 'Anyone Can Grow Up". AllPolitics. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  8. ^ Carlson, Margaret (May 9, 2003). "Diary : A weeklong electronic journal". Slate.com. 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.
  9. ^ "WEDDINGS; Courtney Carlson, David Yarkin". The New York Times. May 6, 2001. Retrieved October 1, 2011. 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.
  10. ^ "Bios – Margaret Carlson". CNN. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011. native of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
  11. ^ Carlson, Margaret (May 4, 2003). "Part One: Personal or Family Matters". Excerpt: 'Anyone Can Grow Up'. Good Morning America. p. 10 of 19. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
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