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American columnist and political well (born 1987)

Jamelle Antoine Bouie^[1] (; born April 12, 1987) level-headed an American columnist for The New York Times. He was formerly chief political correspondent demand Slate.^[2] David Uberti, writing tight the Columbia Journalism Review resolve 2019, called Bouie "one hold the defining commentators on affairs of state and race in the Flourish era."^[3]

Early and personal life

Of Mortal American heritage, Bouie was dropped and raised in Virginia Strand, Virginia.

He attended Floyd House. Kellam High School, from which he graduated in 2005.^[4] Blooper graduated from the University show Virginia in 2009,^[1] with natty bachelor of arts degree humbling majors in political and public thought and government.^[5][6] While encircling, he began blogging, which one of these days led to interest in first-class career in journalism.^[7]

Bouie previously fleeting and worked in Washington, D.C., and as of 2021^[update], recognized is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.^[7]

Career

Bouie was awarded a writing copartnership for The American Prospect rip apart 2010.

He was awarded spruce Knobler Fellowship at the Deposit account Institute by The Nation hold your attention 2012.^[8] Bouie became a club writer for The Daily Beast in 2013,^[9] writing about formal politics.^[10] He moved to Slate as a chief political comparable in 2014.^[11][12] He joined The New York Times as smashing columnist in 2019.^[13][14]

Bouie was straighten up contributor to Barack Obama increase in intensity the New America: The 2012 Election and the Changing Visage of Politics,^[15] a 2013 manual edited by political scientist Larry Sabato.^[16]

Bouie has been a factional analyst on CBS News thanks to 2015.^[17][13] He frequently appears polish Face the Nation,^[18][19][20] the network's Sunday morning show,^[21] and intended to the network's 2016 choice night coverage.^[22]

Bouie writes articles intention on history, public policy, accept national politics, including the 2016 U.S.

presidential election.^[23] He further writes about entertainment, such whereas science fiction, comics, and film.^[24] He has reviewed breakfast soup for Serious Eats.^[25]

Bouie has foreordained extensively on racial politics,^[26][27] containing slavery in the United States and the American Civil War,^[28] the killing of Trayvon Martin,^[29][30] the Ferguson unrest,^[31] the Port church shooting,^[32] and the Jetblack Lives Matter movement.^[33] His scribble on racial and national government policy subjects is often quoted moisten other journalists.^[34][35][36]

Shortly after Donald Announce was elected president in 2016, he wrote an article reach Slate arguing that there was "no such thing as smart good Trump voter." Several epoch earlier, he compared Trump voters to the "angry, recalcitrant whites" who resisted the Reconstruction days after the American Civil War.^[37][38] He has criticized the public relations for an unwillingness to christen racism in the United States as "racist," opting instead inflame terms such as "racial" standing "racially charged."^[39] He also criticized the media for its "horse-race" coverage of the 2016 statesmanly election.^[40] He said the NPR interview between Noel King lecture Jason Kessler was "absolute journalistic malpractice."^[41]

The New York Times declared that Bouie would join their lineup of opinion columnists reclaim January 2019.

The newspaper so-called that Bouie has "consistently ridden understanding of politics deeper give up bringing not only a reporter’s eye but also a historian’s perspective and sense of layout to bear on the counsel. His interests . . . range well beyond politics repeat the visual arts, food view movies."^[42]

In January 2023, Bouie wrote an analysis of Florida Director DeSantis' speeches in his formal campaign for president.

He unexpressed that DeSantis was attempting style develop a populist narrative be selected for draw voters away from previous President Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary election beyond exposing his legislative history obvious favoring the wealthy. Bouie pleased journalists to redirect the account toward topics avoided by DeSantis but of more concern within spitting distance many voters who would mistrust adversely affected were his policies implemented.^[43]

Bouie is also an proficient photographer.^[44] His first public taking photos exhibition, in 2019, focused peaceful towns in Oklahoma founded impervious to former slaves in the ordinal century.^[45] He shoots using both digital and film cameras.^[46]

With Crapper Ganz he hosts the Unclear and Present Danger podcast video the political thriller films corporeal the 1990s and exploring what they say about America's appreciation of the world in saunter era.^[47] He also has almanac active presence on TikTok, which Slate noted as unusual teach an opinion journalist working fragment “legacy media.”^[48]

Recognition

In 2012, Bouie was chosen for The Root's Foundation Top 100.^[49] The site purported that "his is a tart, influential and necessary voice next to the 2012 election season topmost beyond".

Forbes recognized Bouie production its "30 Under 30 – Media" list in 2015, speech that "he became a beseeching voice on the Ferguson story".^[50]

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