Karen Elliott House
Karen Elliott House (born December 7, 1947 in Matador , Texas ) is an American journalist and former executive director and editor of the Wall Street Journal .
Life
House grew up in north Texas. She studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin . She was best known for winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for her report on the Middle East for the Wall Street Journal. The report consisted of a series of interviews with the Jordanian King Hussein , in which he predicted the problems of the peace plan for the Middle East by US President Ronald Reagan .
She began her career with the Wall Street Journal in 1974 as a reporter. In 1983 she became an assistant for foreign reporting and then in 1984 foreign reporter. She then became Vice President of the Dow Jones International Group , the publisher of the journal , in 1995 . In 2002 the board of directors elected her as editor, responsible for the weekend edition. Her second husband, Peter R. Kann , whom she married in 1984, also worked in the management of the publishing house. House retired in 2006.
Karen House serves on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations . In the list of most powerful women in 2005 of Forbes magazine was out on rank 73rd In 1990 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
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Web links
- Karen Elliott House in nndb (English)
- Karen House and Peter Kann resume
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SURNAME | House, Karen Elliott |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and editor of the Wall Street Journal |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Matador , Texas |