LOS ANGELES, Feb 27, 2007 -- The Los Angeles Times Media Group announced today that, effective immediately, veteran political analyst and longtime Times journalist Ron Brownstein will join the opinion team as National Affairs Columnist to write a weekly Op-ed column, longer pieces for the paper's weekend Current section and be a regular contributor to latimes.com. Brownstein joined The Times in 1989 and his weekly "Washington Outlook" column analyzing national politics and government has been one of the paper's most consistent must-reads since 1994.
"The Times will benefit immensely from having Ron Brownstein's authoritative voice on the op-ed page," said David Hiller, publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times. "His mastery of both politics and policy, and his gift for taking the news and framing it in a broader context make him a natural columnist for the ages."
Brownstein is the author or editor of five books, and his sixth, "The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America," will be published by Penguin Books this fall. He was a Pulitzer finalist for his coverage of the 1996 and 2004 presidential campaigns, and has won numerous other awards. He was famously singled out by President Bill Clinton as the political reporter from whom he'd learned the most. In addition, Brownstein's regular TV news program appearances throughout the years have made him a familiar face to millions of Americans.
Readers and users can expect the first of Brownstein's columns on March 14, 2007.
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SOURCE Los Angeles Times Media Group
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