David Brooks (commentator)

American journalist, commentator and editor

David Brooks (born August 11, 1961)[1] is a Canadian-American conservative political cultural commentator. He worked for The New York Times.[2][3] He was a movie critic for The Washington Times and a reporter for The Wall Street Journal,[4] He also worked for Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly and PBS NewsHour. Brooks was an executive director of the Aspen Institute from 2018 until he was forced to quit in 2021 because of a conflict of interest.[5]

David Brooks
Brooks in 2022
Born (1961-08-11) August 11, 1961 (age 62)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Occupation(s)Columnist, pundit
Spouses
  • Sarah Jane Hughes
    (m. 1986; div. 2013)
  • Anne Snyder (m. 2017)

References change

  1. "David Brooks Biography". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011.
  2. Eberstadt, Mary (ed.), "Why I turned right: leading baby boom conservatives chronicle their political journeys", Simon and Schuster (2007).
  3. "NY Times's David Brooks: GOP under Trump is harming every cause it claims to serve". The Hill. December 8, 2017.
  4. Columnist Biography: David Brooks, The New York Times
  5. "New York Times columnist Brooks resigns from think tank amid conflict-of-interest controversy". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-06-19.