Michael Allen (journalist)
Michael Allen (born June 21, 1964 in Orange County, California , USA) is an American journalist who, as chief reporter for the Politico media company in Washington, DC, is one of the best-connected and most influential journalists.
Life
Allen grew up in Orange County, California and has three siblings. The son of the conservative journalist and John Birch Society member Gary Allen was a Boy Scout in his youth . He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree , majoring in Political Science and Journalism.
Allen had his first job in Fredericksburg, Virginia with the regional newspaper Free Lance-Star . He also worked as a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspapers in Richmond, Virginia , Washington Post , The New York Times and Time Magazine . Allen worked for the Washington Post for around six years.
Most recently, he was White House correspondent for the news magazine Time . He took on similar skills when he moved to Politico in 2006 . Allen writes the daily playbook . In April 2010, the New York Times estimated this playbook would fetch Politico $ 780,000 annually.
Allen got his own personality article in the New York Times Magazine in April 2010 under the heading The Man the White House Wakes Up To .
Awards
In 2004 Allen received the prestigious Merriman Smith Memorial Award from the White House Correspondents' Association for outstanding reporting on the US presidency. He was awarded the prize for his report on a secret visit by George W. Bush to Baghdad .
Works
- The Right Fights Back (e-book, together with Evan Thomas), Random House 2011
- Blinking Red. Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11 . Potomac Press, Sterling, USA 2013, ISBN 978-1-61234-615-1
Web links
- Profile entry Allens at Politico (English)
- Politico's Mike Allen Fact Checks "Acts Of Terror" Comment , YouTube video from October 16, 2012 (English)
- VandeHei is the co-founder of Politico, and Allen is the organization's biggest star (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Profile entry Mike Allen at the Washington Speakers Bureau ( Memento from October 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ A b c "The Man the White House Wakes Up To" , Mark Leibovich in The New York Times, April 21, 2010, accessed December 31, 2012
- ↑ PRESS Pass: Mike Allen , December 1, 2012, accessed December 31, 2012
- ^ The customer is the White House in Der Spiegel , 45/213, page 104
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allen, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allen, Mike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange County, California |