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Jeffrey Birnbaum
Columnist/Feature Writer, The Washington Post
Commentator/Analyst, Fox News
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Jeff Birnbaum is an award-winning author, television commentator, and a
columnist for The Washington Post. He joined the Post in March 2004. Prior
to that he spent seven years as the chief of Fortune magazine's Washington
bureau and two years as a senior political correspondent for Fortune’s
sister publication, Time. Before joining Time in 1995, Birnbaum worked for
The Wall Street Journal for 16 years. His last job at the Journal was as
White House correspondent. On television he is a political analyst for Fox
News Channel and is a regular panelist on Washington Week. On radio,
he serves as a commentator for the national business show, Marketplace, and
also appears on Fox News Radio as an analyst and occasional substitute host
for The Tony Snow Show.
At the Post, Birnbaum pens a column called K Street Confidential and also
writes feature stories about the intersection of business and politics.
Previously, as Fortune’s senior writer in D.C., Birnbaum authored the
magazine’s “Power 25” survey, which assessed which lobbying groups have the
most clout in the capital. Washingtonian magazine selected him as one of
"Washington's 50 best and most influential journalists."
Birnbaum is the author of four books. His latest, The Money Men, examines
campaign fund-raising and was published in 2000. His first book, Showdown
at Gucci Gulch, was written with Alan Murray in 1987. This classic
chronicle of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, won the American Political Science
Association's coveted Carey McWilliams Award in 1988. In 1992, Birnbaum's
second book, The Lobbyists, was a Washington Post best seller. Madhouse,
Birnbaum's third book, about President Clinton’s White House, was published
in 1996.
In 1998, Birnbaum was hired as a Fox News contributor. He is featured on
Fox News’ Special Report with Brit Hume as one of the show's “Fox All
Stars" and on several other Fox News programs. On Fox’s Weekend Live each
Sunday he answers viewers’ e-mails as “Mr. ‘Splainer Man.” He is also a
commentator for public
radio’s Marketplace. In addition, he has appeared on Today, The NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, Fox News Sunday, The Charlie Rose Show, PBS’s
Wall Street Week, NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and
CNN's CNNfn, Inside Politics and Crossfire. He has lectured for trade and
professional groups and at major colleges including Harvard, Amherst, Penn,
and the University of Texas.
A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Birnbaum is married with three
children. He graduated as an English major from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1977.
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