CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism; Award-Winning Columnist for The American Prospect and The Nation

New York, NY, USA
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Eric Alterman Biography

Eric Alterman is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism. He was the “The Liberal Media” columnist for The Nation for 25 years and is now a columnist for The American Prospect. He is also the author of twelve books, including, most recently, "We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel."

Throughout his career, Alterman has been a columnist for The Guardian, The Forward, Moment, MSNBC and Rolling Stone, and a contributor to The New Yorker and The Atlantic. A former senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the World Policy Institute, he served on the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. He has been a media fellow at the Hoover Institute and a fellow of the Schusterman Foundation and the Society of American Historians. Alterman is also a winner of the George Orwell Prize, the Stephen Crane Literary Award and the Mirror Award for media criticism (twice). He graduated from Cornell (BA), Yale (MA) and Stanford (PhD) universities.

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Eric Alterman Videos

Eric Alterman - Does Print Journalism Have a Future? - YouTube

Eric Alterman - Does Print Journalism Have a Future? - YouTube

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/26/Eric_Alterman_in_Conversation Columnist and CUNY Professor of Journalism Eric Alterman speculates on the...

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