Janet Maslin Biography
Janet R. Maslin is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times. She served as a Times film critic from 1977 to 1999 and as a book critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000 she helped found the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. She is president of its board of directors.
How old is Janet Maslin? – Age
The American journalist is 71 years old as of 12th August 2020. She was born in 1949 in New York, New York, United States.
Who are Janet Maslin Parents? – Father and mother
The American journalists’ is a vice president of Nehring Brothers, a real-estate concern in New York. Her motheris known as , Lucille B. Maslin, is a retired mathematics teacher at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village, Queens. She was well raised by her parents.
Janet Maslin Education
The American journalist graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a major in mathematics. She began her career as a rock music critic for The Boston Phoenix and became a film editor and critic for them. She also worked as a freelancer for Rolling stone and worked at Newsweek.
Is Janet Maslin in a Relationship? – Spouse
Yes, the American journalist is in love. She is a married woman. She is married to her husband, Benjamin Hale Cheever, in 1981. He is a writer and editor. To date, he has written four adult fiction novels, one children’s book, and two nonfiction books.
Janet Maslin Children
The American journalist after marriage with her husband, Benjamin, the pair were blessed with two wonderful children. They enjoyed parenting life together. They fully supports their children as most parents do.
Janet Maslin Career
The American journalist began her career as a rock music critic for The Boston Phoenix and became a film editor and critic for them. She also worked as a freelancer for Rolling stone and worked at Newsweek.
The journalist became a film critic for The New York Times in 1977. From December 1, 1994, she replaced Vincent Canby as the chief film critic. In the film, Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum recalls the excitement of having a woman as the lead reviewer at The New York Times. She continued to review films for The Times until 1999.
Her film-criticism career, including her embrace of American independent cinema, is discussed in the documentary For the Love of Movies: The story of American Film Criticism (2009). From 1994 to 2003, the journalist was a frequent guest on Charlie Rose. Overall she made 16 appearances on the program, giving her insights on the films of the day and predicting the Academy Awards.
The journalist continues to review books for The New York Times. Among her reviews are many enthusiastic discoveries of then-unknown crime writers, the first American assessment of an Elena Ferrante novel and a 2011 essay on the widowed Joyce Carol Oates’ memoir, A Widow’s Story, which offended some of Oates’s admirers.
Janet Maslin Net worth
The American journalist has an estimated net worth of around $2 million as of 2021.
