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Karen Tumulty
Tumulty in 2018
Born (1955-12-01) December 1, 1955 (age 68)[1]
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
OccupationPolitical columnist
Notable credit(s)The Washington Post, Time
SpousePaul Richter
Children2

Karen Emily Tumulty (born December 1, 1955) is a political columnist for The Washington Post.[2] Tumulty wrote for Time from October 1994 to April 2010 as a Congressional Correspondent, she was the National Political Correspondent based in Washington D.C. for the magazine.[3]

Career

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Tumulty began her career in 1977 at the now-defunct San Antonio Light. Tumulty spent 14 years with the Los Angeles Times, covering the US Congress, economics, business, energy, and general-assignment beats. While at the Times, she won the Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism in 1982 for Large Newspapers,[4] and the National Press Foundation's Edwin Hood Award for diplomatic correspondence in 1993.[5]

Tumulty joined Time in 1994. She covered Congress for two years, during which time she reported and wrote the magazine's 1995 "Man of the Year" profile of Newt Gingrich.[5] In 1996, she became a White House Correspondent, writing major stories on President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. She became the National Political Correspondent in 2001.

In the 2008 presidential campaign, Tumulty accused the campaign of Senator John McCain of "playing the race card" for a television ad criticizing the connections between Senator Barack Obama and Franklin Raines, the former CEO of Fannie Mae. Tumulty wrote that the ad displayed "sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman."[6] The McCain campaign pointed out that they had also produced an ad criticizing the connections of Barack Obama to Jim Johnson, another former Fannie Mae CEO who is white. According to the McCain campaign, Tumulty did not correct her post, but responded with "I grew up in Texas. I know what this stuff looks like." The McCain campaign accused Tumulty of "hysterical liberal bias."[7]

In 2010, Tumulty joined The Washington Post, where she received the 2013 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting.[8] She became a political columnist in 2018.[9] In 2021, she was named deputy editorial page editor.[10]

Tumulty's coverage of health care reform issues has been informed by her personal experience with her brother Patrick's health problems.[11][12]

Besides her work in print journalism, she has appeared as a television/webcasting news analyst on the public affairs programs Washington Week on PBS,[13] PBS NewsHour,[14] and Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News (as part of the 'All-Star Panel').[15]

Admiral William H. McRaven, her fifth grade classmate and commander of USSOCOM, was her guest at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.[16] Adm. McRaven commanded JSOC when it planned and carried out Operation Neptune Spear, the U.S. Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Personal life

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In May of 1973 Karen Tumulty graduated from Crockett High School (Austin, Texas). In 1977 her BA in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin was awarded with high honors. She is an alumna of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She wrote for The Daily Texan the university's student paper.[17] By 1981 her MBA from Harvard Business School was awarded.[5] Tumulty is married to Paul Richter. They have two sons, Nicholas and Jack.[8] She is Catholic.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tumulty, Karen [@@ktumulty] (December 1, 2013). "Thanks, tweeps, for all the lovely birthday..." (Tweet). Retrieved November 22, 2015 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Calderone, Michael (March 30, 2010). "Time's Tumulty joins WaPo". Politico.
  3. ^ Tumulty, Karen (April 9, 2010). "A Personal Note About TIME". Time.
  4. ^ "Loeb Award winners 1958–1996". Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. April 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Emmons, Garry (February 1, 2002). "History's First Draft: Karen Tumulty Reports on America". Harvard Business School Bulletin. p. 10.
  6. ^ Tumulty, Karen (September 18, 2008). "McCain Plays the Race Card". Time. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  7. ^ "No Time for the Facts". johnmccain.com. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on September 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  8. ^ a b "Karen Tumulty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  9. ^ "Karen Tumulty to join The Washington Post Opinions section as columnist". The Washington Post. January 31, 2018.
  10. ^ "The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty named deputy editorial page editor". The Washington Post. July 1, 2021.
  11. ^ Cohen, Elizabeth S. (2010). The Empowered Patient: How to Get the Right Diagnosis, Buy the Cheapest Drugs, Beat Your Insurance Company, and Get the Best Medical Care Every Time (Unabridged ed.). New York: Random House. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-345-52311-2.
  12. ^ Tumulty, Karen (March 5, 2009). "The Health-Care Crisis Hits Home". Time. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  13. ^ "Stories & Most Recent Appearances by Karen Tumulty | Washington Week". PBS. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  14. ^ "GOP contenders fight to stand out to New Hampshire voters". PBS NewsHour. April 20, 2015.
  15. ^ "Politics – Apr 09, 2011 – Fox News All-Stars". RealClearPolitics. April 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  16. ^ Parker, Kathleen (May 1, 2012). "The unknown celebrity". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  17. ^ Hardy, Michael (January 2011). "Editor with an Edge". The Alcalde: 65.
  18. ^ Tumulty, Karen (2018-08-19). "Opinion | Why am I still a Catholic?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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