Being Opinionated in America: Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman

Abstract: Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman in conversation with Professors
Cynthia Gorney and Mark Danner Thomas Friedman, a world-renowned
author and journalist, joined The New York Times in 1981 as a
financial reporter specializing in OPEC and oil-related news and
later served as the Chief Diplomatic, Chief White House, and
International Economics Correspondents. A three-time Pulitzer Prize
winner, he has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles reporting the
Middle East conflict, the end of the cold war, US domestic politics
and foreign policy, international economics and the worldwide impact
of the terrorist threat. His Foreign Affairs column, which appears
twice a week in the Times, is syndicated to 700 other newspapers
worldwide. Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for
distinguished commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times
Op-Ed page in 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the
paper's Washington bureau since 1986. She has covered four
presidential campaigns and served as White House correspondent. She
also wrote a column, "On Washington," for The New York Times
Magazine. Ms. Dowd joined The New York Times as a metropolitan
reporter in 1983. She began her career in 1974 as an editorial
assistant for The Washington Star, where she later became a sports
columnist, metropolitan reporter and feature writer. When the Star
closed in 1981, she went to Time magazine. Sponsored by the UC
Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Goldman Forum on The Press
and Foreign Affairs, and The Office of the Chancellor.

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