Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd: Biography in Details

Who is Maureen Dowd?

Maureen Dowd is an American journalist. She currently works as a columnist for The New York Times. She is also a best-selling author. She has won Pulitzer Prize for her journalism.

Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Nationality

Maureen Dowd was born on January 14, 1952, in Washington, D.C., USA. Her nationality is American and she is of Irish ethnicity.

She is the youngest of five children of Mike Dowd and Peggy Dowd. Her mother Peggy was a housewife and her father worked as a Washington, D.C. police inspector. She has four elder siblings.

In which school did Maureen Dowd attend?

Dowd graduated from Immaculata High School in 1969. After that, she received a B.A. in English in 1973 from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Maureen Dowd: Professional Life and Career

Dowd began her journalism career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for the Washington Star. After working there for a while, she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter, and feature writer.

The newspaper closed in 1981 and she went to work at Time. In 1983, she joined The New York Times initially as a metropolitan reporter. She began serving as a correspondent in the Times Washington in 1986. In 1991, Dowd received a Breakthrough Award from Columbia University. In 1992, she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for national reporting. In 1994 she won a Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications.

Dowd became a columnist for The New York Times Op-Ed page in 1995. She was named a “Woman of the Year” by Glamour magazine in 1996. She won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. Since 1995, she has been working as a columnist for The New York Times.

She wrote columns about political leaders such as George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Barack Obama. She is paid a nice amount of salary for her work.

Maureen Dowd: Salary and Net Worth

Maureen’s exact salary has not been revealed yet but she earns a net worth of around $ 9 million.

Maureen Dowd: Rumors and Controversy

In 2009, TPM editor Josh Marshall accused Maureen of plagiarism. In 2014, she wrote a column about Hillary Clinton titled “The Numbers Behind Maureen Dowd’s 21-Year Long Campaign Against Hillary Clinton,” for which numerous other commentators have criticized Dowd for having an obsession with Bill and especially Hillary Clinton.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Maureen’s hair color is brown and her eye color is dark brown. Other information on her body measurement like height, weight, shoe size, dress size, etc. is unknown.

Is Maureen Dowd active on social media?

Maureen Dowd is active in social media. She uses Twitter and Facebook. She has over 690.6k followers on her Twitter account and over 82k followers on her Facebook account. She does not use Instagram.

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