List of Williams College People - Writing and Journalism

Writing and Journalism

• Peter Abrahams 1968, writer of crime thrillers.
• Rachel Axler 1999, television comedy writer and playwright.
• Stephen Birmingham 1950, writer.
• Sterling Brown 1922, poet.
• Erin Burnett 1998, Anchor of CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront.
• William Cullen Bryant 1814, poet and Editor-in-Chief New-York Evening Post (later the New York Post) for half a century (1828–78).
• Mika Brzezinski 1989, reporter on MSNBC and daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor under Jimmy Carter.
• Christopher Clarey 1986, International Herald Tribune columnist
• Hal Crowther 1966, author and essayist.
• Dominick Dunne 1949, author.
• Max Eastman 1905, writer and political activist.
• Tim Evans 2006, author, celebrated brewer.
• Gary Fisketjon 1976, editor.
• Naoko Funayama 1995, rinkside reporter for Boston Bruins games on NESN.
• Matt Gutman 2000, ABC News correspondent.
• Nathan Hale 1804, newspaper publisher who introduced editorial content as a feature.
• Michael Himowitz 1969, Baltimore Sun Columnist and Editor.
• Greg Jaffe 1991, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Christopher Jones 1962, multiple EMMY winning Anchor, Correspondent, Commentator Channel 5 (Fox TV) 36 years in NYC
• John Kifner 1963, longtime writer and editor at The New York Times.
• Edward Larson 1974, 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner in History for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.
• Dan Keating 1984, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Tim Layden 1978, Sports Illustrated writer.
• Jon Lovett 2004, former speechwriter for Barack Obama and creator of NBC's 1600 Penn.
• Fiona Maazel 1997, novelist.
• David Marash 1964, Nightline correspondent.
• Joseph McElroy 1951, author.
• Jay McInerney 1976, author of Bright Lights, Big City.
• Bethany McLean 1992, author of The Smartest Guys in the Room, on the collapse of Enron.
• Bob Mitchell 1966, author of Match Made in Heaven and Once upon a Fastball.
• L. E. Modesitt, Jr. 1965, author of science fiction and fantasy, noted especially for his Recluce series.
• Anson Montgomery, 1994, Author, educator.
• R. A. Montgomery 1958, Author/Creator of the Choose Your Own Adventure Series.
• Paul Neely 1968, former Publisher of the Chattanooga Times, Williams College Trustee
• Sonia Nazario 1982, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Robert Wilson Patterson 1871, Editor-in-Chief of Chicago Tribune and President of the Tribune Company.
• Tom Piazza 1976, author.
• Topher Sabot 1999, part-owner and operator of fasterskier.com.
• Stacy Schiff 1982, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Eric Schmitt 1982, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Scott Shane 1976, author and New York Times reporter.
• Wendy Shalit 1997, author of A Return to Modesty and Girls Gone Mild.
• David Shipley 1985, New York Times editor and former speechwriter for Bill Clinton.
• Hedrick Smith 1955, 1974 Pulitzer Prize winner in international reporting.
• John Toland 1936, writer.
• Norah Vincent 1990, syndicated columnist and author of Self-Made Man
• Charles Webb 1961, author of the novel The Graduate. (The novel begins "Benjamin Braddock graduated from a small Eastern college on a day in June.")
• Kristin Cashore, author of Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue.
• Carrie Ryan 1999, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth.