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This is a list of notable newspaper columnists. It does not include magazine or electronic columnists. It does not include magazine or electronic columnists. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
E. W. Scripps (1854–1926) – founder of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain. George Seldes (1890–1995) – journalist, editor and publisher of In Fact. Randy Shilts (1951–1994) – reporter for The Advocate and San Francisco Chronicle. Hugh Sidey (1927–2005) – political writer for Life and Time magazines.
Jack Northman Anderson (October 19, 1922 – December 17, 2005) was an American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the founders of modern investigative journalism. Anderson won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his investigation on secret U.S. policy decision-making between the ...
Molly Ivins. Mary Tyler " Molly " Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, and political commentator, known for her humorous and insightful writing, which often used satire and wit to critique political figures and policies. Born in California and raised in Texas, Ivins attended Smith College and ...
Richard Johnson is an American gossip columnist with the New York Post ' s Page Six column, which he edited for 25 years. Described by the New York Times as "a journalistic descendant of Walter Winchell", [1] in 1994 he was ranked the No. 1 New York City gossip columnist by New York magazine in a list that also included Liz Smith, Michael Musto, and Cindy Adams.
Mike Royko. Michael Royko Jr. (September 19, 1932 – April 29, 1997) was an American newspaper columnist from Chicago. Over his 30-year career, he wrote over 7,500 daily columns for the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune. A humorist who focused on life in Chicago, he was the winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for ...
A Harris Poll commissioned by Time magazine at that time showed that Pearson was America's best-known newspaper columnist at the time of his death. [40] The column was continued by Jack Anderson and then by Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift, who combine commentary with historical perspectives. It is the longest-running syndicated column in America.
Erma Louise Bombeck ( née Fiste; February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper humor column describing suburban home life, syndicated from 1965 to 1996. She published fifteen books, most of which became bestsellers . Between 1965 and April 17, 1996 – five days before her death ...