Eugene Robinson Bio, Age, Net Worth, Family, Wife, Education, Books

Eugene Robinson Biography

Eugene Robinson is an American newspaper columnist and The Washington Post associate editor. Robinson is also the top political commentator for NBC News and MSNBC.

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Eugene Robinson Age

He was born Eugene Harold Robinson on March 12, 1954, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States of America. Harold is 69 years old as of March 2023.

Where did Eugene Robinson go to college?- Education

Eugene attended Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, Before graduating from the University of Michigan in 1974.

Eugene Robinson Family

He was born and raised in Orangeburg, South Carolina by his parents, but he has not provided any information about his siblings or family in general. It is unknown whether he had siblings, and the identity of his father and mother is still unknown.

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Eugene Robinson Career

He began his journalism career in 1976 with the San Francisco Chronicle when he covered the trial of publishing heiress Patty Hearst. He began working at The Washington Post in 1980. He began as a city hall reporter for the publication, working his way up through the ranks. He later worked as the paper’s assistant city editor, a South America correspondent located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the London bureau head, the international editor, and, most recently, the assistant managing editor of the Style section. He began writing columns for the paper’s opinion page in 2005, and he also writes a twice-week column on politics and culture, as well as a weekly online conversation with readers. Robinson frequently appears as a liberal political analyst[8] on MSNBC cable-TV network shows such as Morning Joe, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton, The Rachel Maddow Show, The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, and Andrea Mitchell Reports. In addition, he is often a panelist on NBC’s public affairs program Meet the Press.

Robinson received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2009 for his essays about then-Senator Barack Obama during his first presidential campaign. Robinson has been named a 2021 honoree of The Arthur W. Page Centre for Integrity in Public Communication’s Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication. He is one of the Larry Foster Award winners of the fifth class, which recognizes professionals who “exemplify the importance of truthful communication with the public.”Robinson was interviewed for the Frontline documentary Putin’s Road to War in March 2022, where he discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Eugene Robinson Books

  • Coal to Cream
  • Last Dance in Havana
  • Disintegration

Eugene Robinson’s Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of 1.5 million dollars.