Alan Ehrenhalt

Alan Ehrenhalt is an American journalist and non-fiction author.

Alan Ehrenhalt
Alma materBrandeis University
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
OccupationJournalist, author
Children2 daughters

Early life

Alan Ehrenhalt graduated from Brandeis University in 1968.[1] He received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[1]

Career

Ehrenhalt is a journalist and author.[1] He is the former executive editor and later senior editor of Governing.[1] Additionally, he has been a contributing writer to The New York Times, The New Republic and The Wall Street Journal.[1]

Ehrenhalt was the recipient of the Nieman Fellowship in 1977–1978.[1] He won the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress from the National Press Club in 1983.[2] Additionally, he was the recipient of the Carey McWilliams Award from the American Political Science Association in 2000.[3]

Ehrenhalt is the author of four books.

Personal life

Ehrenhalt is married, and he has two daughters.[1] He resides in Arlington, Virginia.[1]

Works
  • Ehrenhalt, Alan (1991). The United States of Ambition: Politicians, Power, and the Pursuit of Office. New York: Times Books. ISBN 9780812918946. OCLC 22452837.
  • Ehrenhalt, Alan (1995). The Lost City: Discovering the Forgotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 9780465041923. OCLC 32273637.
  • Ehrenhalt, Alan (1998). Democracy in the Mirror: Politics, Reform, and Reality in Grassroots America. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly. ISBN 9781568024417. OCLC 39812392.
  • Ehrenhalt, Alan (2012). The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. New York: Knopf. ISBN 9780307272744. OCLC 745979759.

References
  1. "AUTHORS: Alan Ehrenhalt". Governing. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  2. "EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED REPORTING OF CONGRESS: WINNERS OF THIS AWARD". National Press Club. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  3. "Carey McWilliams Award Recipients". American Political Science Association. Retrieved January 20, 2016.


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