Columnist
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A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a "column". Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. Some Internet columns are called blogs or Weblogs.
What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it meets each of the following criteria:
- It is a regular feature in a publication
- It is personality-driven by the author
- It explicitly contains an opinion or point of view
Types of columns
Columnists of note
- Jeffrey Rufus (Rediff, Mumbai, INDIA)
- Shana Alexander
- Barbara Amiel
- Army Archerd
- Mike Barnicle (Boston Herald, USA)
- Dave Barry (Miami Herald, USA)
- Christie Blatchford (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
- David Brooks (New York Times, USA)
- Ann Coulter (Universal Press Syndicate, USA)
- Andrew Coyne
- Maureen Dowd (New York Times, USA)
- John Doyle (The Globe and Mail,
- Matt Drudge
- Gwynne Dyer
- Roger Ebert
- Hunter S. Thompson (Rolling Stone and ESPN, USA)
- Allan Fotheringham
- Benjamin Franklin
- Jonathan Freedland
- Thomas Friedman (New York Times, USA)
- David Frum
- Robert Fulford (National Post, Canada)
- Carl Hiaasen (Miami Herald, USA)
- Simon Heffer, UK
- Christopher Hitchens
- Peter Hitchens, UK
- Molly Ivins
- Simon Jenkins
- Michael Kinsley
- Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post, USA)
- Paul Krugman (New York Times, USA)
- Ann Landers
- Michele Landsberg (Toronto Star)
- Richard Littlejohn (The Sun and Daily Mail, UK)
- Charlie Madigan (Chicago Tribune, USA)
- Michelle Malkin
- Heather Mallick (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
- Dan Margalit
- Vinod Mehta
- George Monbiot (The Guardian, UK)
- Ward Morehouse (The New York Sun, USA)
- Rex Murphy
- Al Neuharth
- Peter C. Newman
- Robert Novak
- Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)
- Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune, USA)
- William Pfaff (International Herald Tribune, France)
- Daniel Pipes
- Dennis Prager
- Will Rogers
- Amnon Rubinstein (Maariv, Israel)
- William Safire (New York Times, USA)
- Mary Schmich (Chicago Tribune, USA)
- Jeffrey Simpson
- Joan Smith
- Thomas Sowell
- Mark Steel
- Mark Steyn
- Andrew Sullivan
- Ellie Tesher
- Cal Thomas
- Polly Toynbee
- Marco Travaglio
- Mark Twain
- George Will
- Fareed Zakaria
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