List of Atheist Authors - Journalists

Journalists

Writers who are primarily known for their journalism.

• David Aaronovitch (born 1954): British journalist, author and broadcaster.
• Amy Alkon (born 1964): American advice columnist known as the Advice Goddess, author of Ask the Advice Goddess, published in more than 100 newspapers within North America.
• Lynn Barber (born 1944): British journalist, currently writing for The Observer.
• Paul Barker (born 1935): English journalist and writer.
• Anna Blundy (born 1970): British journalist and author.
• Richard Boston (1938–2006): English journalist and author, dissenter and pacifist.
• Jason Burke (born 1970): British journalist, chief foreign correspondent of The Observer.
• Chandler Burr (born 1963): American journalist and author, currently the perfume critic for the New York Times.
• Michael Bywater (born 1953): British writer and broadcaster.
• Nick Cohen (born before 1999): British journalist, author, and political commentator.
• John Diamond (1953–2001): British broadcaster and journalist, noted for his column chronicling his fight with cancer.
• Robert Fisk (born 1946): Multi-award-winning British journalist, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, "probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain" according to the New York Times.
• Paul Foot (1937–2004): British investigative journalist, political campaigner, author, and long-time member of the Socialist Workers Party.
• Masha Gessen (born 1967): Russian journalist and author.
• Linda Grant (born 1951): British journalist and novelist.
• Muriel Gray (born 1958): Scottish journalist, novelist and broadcaster.
• John Harris (born 1969): British journalist, writer, and critic.
• Simon Heffer (born 1960): British journalist and writer.
• Anthony Holden (born 1947): British journalist, broadcaster and writer, especially of biographies.
• Mick Hume (born 1959): British journalist – columnist for The (London) Times and editor of Spiked. Described himself as "a longstanding atheist", but criticised the 'New Atheism' of Richard Dawkins and co.
• Tom Humphries (born before 2002): English-born Irish sportswriter and columnist for The Irish Times.
• Simon Jenkins (born 1943): British journalist, newspaper editor, and author. A former editor of The Times newspaper, he received a knighthood for services to journalism in the 2004 New Year honours.
• Oliver Kamm (born 1963): British writer and newspaper columnist, a leader writer for The Times.
• Terry Lane (born 1943): Australian radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist.
• Dominic Lawson (born 1956): British journalist, former editor of The Spectator magazine.
• Magnus Linklater (born 1942): Scottish journalist and former newspaper editor.
• Heather Mallick (born 1959): Canadian columnist, author and lecturer.
• Andrew Marr (born 1959): Scottish journalist and political commentator.
• Jules Marshall (born 1962): English-born journalist and editor.
• Padraic McGuinness AO (1938–2008): Australian journalist, activist, and commentator.
• Gareth McLean (born before 1997): Scottish journalist, writer for The Guardian and Radio Times, shortlisted for the Young Journalist of the Year Award at the British Press Awards in 1997 and 1998.
• Jonathan Meades (born 1947): English writer and broadcaster on food, architecture and culture.
• H. L. Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956): American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, critic of American life and culture, and a scholar of American English. As a nationally syndicated columnist and book author, he famously spoke out against Christian Science, social stigma, fakery, Christian radicalism, religious belief (and as a fervent nonbeliever the very notion of a Deity), osteopathy,antievolutionism, chiropractic, and the "Booboisie", his word for the ignorant middle classes.
• Stephanie Merritt (born 1974): British critic and feature writer for a range of newspapers, Deputy Literary Editor at The Observer since 1998.
• Martin O'Hagan (1950–2001): Northern Irish journalist, the most prominent journalist to be assassinated during the Troubles.
• Deborah Orr (born 1962): British journalist and broadcaster, married to writer and satirist Will Self.
• Ruth Picardie (1964–1997): British journalist and editor, noted for her memoir of living with breast cancer, Before I Say Goodbye.
• Claire Rayner OBE (1931–2010): British journalist best known for her role for many years as an agony aunt.
• Jay Rayner (born 1966): British journalist, writer and broadcaster.
• Ron Reagan (born 1958): American magazine journalist, board member of the politically activist Creative Coalition, son of former U. S. President Ronald Reagan.
• Henric Sanielevici (1875–1951): Romanian journalist and literary critic, also remembered for his work in anthropology, ethnography, sociology and zoology.
• Ariane Sherine (born 1980): British comedy writer, journalist and creator of the Atheist Bus Campaign.
• Jill Singer (born before 1984): Australian journalist, columnist and television presenter.
• Matt Taibbi (born 1970): American journalist and political writer, currently working at Rolling Stone. note: he calls himself an agnostic/atheist.
• Jeffrey Tayler (born 1970): American author and journalist, the Russia correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly.
• Bill Thompson (born 1960): English technology writer, best known for his weekly column in the Technology section of BBC News Online and his appearances on Digital Planet, a radio show on the BBC World Service.
• Nicholas Tomalin (1931–1973): British journalist and writer, one of the top 40 journalists of the modern era.
• Jerzy Urban (born 1933): Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, editor-in-chief of the weekly Nie and owner of the company which owns it, Urma.
• Gene Weingarten (born 1951): American humor writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
• Francis Wheen (born 1957): British journalist, writer and broadcaster.
• Peter Wilby (born 1944): British journalist, former editor of The Independent on Sunday and New Statesman.
• Adrian Wooldridge (born before 1984): British journalist, Washington Bureau Chief and 'Lexington' columnist for The Economist magazine.