- Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas (born 25 April 1951 at
Huntington, New York ) is an Americanjournalist andauthor .A graduate of
Phillips Andover ,Harvard University and theUniversity of Virginia School of Law , since 1991 he has been the Assistant Managing Editor at "Newsweek ". He formerly worked for "TIME ". Thomas began his reporting career atThe Bergen Record in New Jersey. He won his numerous journalism awards, including theNational Magazine Award in 1998 for "Newsweek"’s coverage of theMonica Lewinsky scandal. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4916925/site/newsweek/ Evan Thomas - Newsweek Services - MSNBC.com ] ]Thomas is the author of six books: "Sea of Thunder: Four Naval Commanders and the Last Sea War" (2006), "John Paul Jones", a biography of the American revolutionary (2003); "Robert Kennedy: His Life" (2000); "The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIA" (1995); "The Man to See: The Life of Edward Bennett Williams" (1991), and "The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made" (with Walter Isaacson, 1986). [ [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKthomas.htm Biography: Evan Thomas ] ]
He is the grandson of the late
Norman Thomas , a six-time Presidential candidate for theSocialist Party of America . He is married and is the father of two daughters. They live inWashington D.C. Thomas is a regular panelist on the weekly public affairs TV show "
Inside Washington ". [ [http://www.insidewashington.tv/ Inside Washington ] ]Quotes
* [On "Newsweek's" coverage of the Duke rape case] : "The narrative was properly about race, sex and class.... We went a beat too fast in assuming that a rape took place.... We just got the facts wrong. The narrative was right, but the facts were wrong."-- "
American Journalism Review ", August/September 2007 issue. [http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4379]References
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