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Robert Jacob Samuelson is a columnist for The Washington Post, where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977, and is syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group.
Career
He was a columnist for Newsweek magazine from 1984 to 2011. He began his career in journalism as a reporter on the business desk of The Washington Post in 1969. He left the paper to become a freelancer in 1973.
His work has appeared in The Sunday Times, The New Republic and the Columbia Journalism Review.
He joined the National Journal in 1976, where he wrote the "Economic Focus" column. He was a contributing editor there from 1981 to 1984, when he left to write for Newsweek.
Samuelson does not vote in any elections as he believes that voting interferes with his impartiality as a journalist. Samuelson has received:.
Achievements
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Samuelson has received: 1993 John Hancock Award for Best Business and Financial Columnist National Headliner Award for Feature Column on a Single Subject in both 1992 and 1993. Another in 1987 for Best Special Interest Column Gerald Loeb Awards for Commentary in 1993, 1986 and 1983. Loeb finalist in 1988 for his columns on the October 1987 Wall Street crash An Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 1982 to research and write about the changes in the United States. economy since World World War World War II 1981 National Magazine Award.
