Education and Early Career
Clawson was born into a working-class family in Monroe, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, and obtained his undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University. He became a labor reporter for the Toledo Blade newspaper, and was honored for his work there, winning a Nieman Fellowship to attend Harvard University in 1967. He then joined The Washington Post as a reporter.
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