- Amy Argetsinger
Amy Argetsinger (b. 1968) is a staff writer for the Style section of "
The Washington Post ". She shares the column known as "The Reliable Source" withRoxanne Roberts . The two appeared regularly on Friday evening segments of MSNBC's "Tucker" before the show was cancelled. They still appear on WRC-4 on Friday afternoons.Biography
Early life
Amy Argetsinger is a native of
Alexandria, Virginia . She attended the St. Agnes School (nowSt. Stephen's & St. Agnes School ), graduating in 1986, after which she attended the University of Virginia, earning a degree in Political and Social Thought in 1990. She edited the school's weekly paper "The Declaration".Journalist career
Argetsinger started her journalism career in 1991 in the Illinois/Iowa Quad-Cities, at the Rock Island Argus and Moline Daily Dispatch. She joined "The Washington Post" in December 1995 as a Metro staff writer in the paper's Annapolis bureau, and later covered higher education. Just prior to her "Reliable Source" appointment in 2005, she covered the West Coast for the Post's National staff as Los Angeles bureau chief.
Resources
* [http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/newspapers/argetsinger_and_roberts_to_share_gossip_column_24763.asp DC Fishbowl article on her appointment to "The Reliable Source"]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/09/26/LI2005092600765.html "The Reliable Source" Website]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2004/05/18/DI2005033002623.html bio from washingtonpost.com discussion]
* [http://aands.virginia.edu/x13731.xml profile in University of Virginia alumni publication]
* [http://www.thirdcenturyscholarship.com/alumni.html citation of high school graduation date]
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