In 15 Minutes: Evan Thomas, Newsweek’s Editor-At-Large: Guest on Paula Abele’s Sins of Omission, 9 PM ET
By SusanUnPC on March 2, 2009 at 8:43 PM in Current Affairs
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“Join “Sins of Omission” Monday night, March 2nd, at 9 pm EST for our guest, Newsweek Editor-at-Large, Evan Thomas.
We will be discussing Mr. Thomas’ new book, “A Long Time Coming: The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign and the Historic Election of Barack Obama” with an emphasis on the campaigns of the female candidates. Was there media bias or sexism? And, moving forward what lessons can be learned for future female candidates…Hear it all Monday night at 9 pm from the ultimate “inside source.” Come early, and join in the live chat room.
As always, Paula Abeles [PHOTO LEFT] will be beautifully prepared for this important interview, and YOUR questions and comments will be encouraged during the show! CALL IN at (347) 677-0792 starting at 9:30 p.m.!
Here is Evan Thomas’s biography:
EVAN THOMAS, EDITOR AT LARGE
Evan Thomas was made Editor at Large of Newsweek in September 2006. He is the magazine’s lead writer on major news stories and the author of many longer features, including Newsweek’s special behind-the-scenes issues on presidential elections, and more than a hundred cover stories.
| Thomas was pivotal in spearheading Newsweek’s award-winning coverage on the war on terror from the Washington, D.C. bureau. His reporting and writing on the terror events of September 11 and the Iraq War contributed to Newsweek’s being honored with the most prestigious awards in the magazine industry-the National Magazine Award for General Excellence for 2002 and 2004. In 2005, his 50,000-word narrative of the 2004 election was honored when Newsweek won a National Magazine Award for the best single topic issue. For ten years, 1986-1996, Thomas was Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief. He was an Assistant Managing Editor from 1991 to 2006. From 1977-1986, he was a writer and editor at Time magazine. He has won numerous journalism awards, including a National Magazine Award in 1998 for Newsweek’s coverage of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Since 1992, Thomas has been a regular weekly panelist on the syndicated public affairs talk show, “Inside Washington.” He has appeared on numerous television shows as a commentator, including: NBC’s “Meet the Press,” “TODAY,” CBS’s “Face the Nation,” ABC’s “Nightline,” “Good Morning America,” CNN’s “Larry King Live,” PBS’s “Charlie Rose,” and “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” He appears regularly on the syndicated radio show, “Imus in the Morning.” Thomas is the author of six books, all published by Simon & Schuster: “Sea of Thunder,” about the war in the Pacific (2006), a New York Times bestseller; “John Paul Jones,” a biography of the American revolutionary (2003), a New York Times bestseller; “Robert Kennedy: His Life” (2000); “The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIA” (1995); “The Man to See: The Life of Edward Bennett Williams” (1991); and “The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made” (with Walter Isaacson, 1986). |
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