COLUMNIST

A 'columnist' is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a "column". Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet. Some Internet columns are called blogs or Weblogs.

Contents

Types of columnists

Columnists of note in English-language publications

Columnists of note in Japanese-language publications

Types of columnists

★ agony aunt, an advice columnist

★ critic reviewer

★ editorial opinion columnist

★ gossip columnist

★ humor columnist

★ food columnist

Columnists of note in English-language publications

★ Shana Alexander

★ Jani Allan (Sunday Times (South Africa)) (South Africa)

★ Barbara Amiel

★ Army Archerd

★ Mike Barnicle (Boston Herald, USA)

★ Mike Ball (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Dave Barry (Miami Herald, USA)

★ Lucius Beebe (San Francisco Examiner and New York Herald Tribune, USA)

★ Lucia Bill (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Christie Blatchford (The Globe and Mail, Canada)

★ Erma Bombeck

★ L.M. Boyd

★ Tom Braden

★ David Brooks (New York Times, USA)

★ Rosa Brooks (Los Angeles Times, USA)

★ Art Buchwald (Washington Post, USA)

★ Herman Cain (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Dan Calabrese (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Mona Charen

★ Jeremy Clarkson

★ Ann Coulter (Universal Press Syndicate, USA)

★ Andrew Coyne

★ Maureen Dowd (New York Times, USA)

★ John Doyle (The Globe and Mail,

★ Cindy Droog (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Matt Drudge

★ Gwynne Dyer

★ Roger Ebert

★ Allan Fotheringham

★ Benjamin Franklin

★ Jonathan Freedland

★ Thomas Friedman (New York Times, USA)

★ David Frum

★ Robert Fulford (National Post, Canada)

★ A. A. Gill

★ Stuart Goldman (Los Angeles Daily News, (Los Angeles Reader)

★ Lewis Grizzard

★ Victor Davis Hanson

★ Carl Hiaasen (Miami Herald, USA)

★ Simon Heffer, UK

★ Christopher Hitchens

★ Peter Hitchens, UK

★ Alan Hurwitz (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Paul Ibrahim (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Molly Ivins

★ Simon Jenkins

★ David Karki (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Michael Kinsley

★ Dick Kleiner

★ D.F. Krause (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post, USA)

★ Paul Krugman (New York Times, USA)

★ Ann Landers

★ Michele Landsberg (Toronto Star)

★ J.D. Lewis (The Daily Southerner, USA)

★ Richard Littlejohn (The Sun and Daily Mail, UK)

★ Charlie Madigan (Chicago Tribune, USA)

★ Michelle Malkin

★ Heather Mallick (The Globe and Mail, Canada)

★ Dan Margalit

★ Tom Meek

★ Vinod Mehta

★ Jim Mitchell (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ George Monbiot (The Guardian, UK)

★ Ward Morehouse (The New York Sun, USA)

★ Rex Murphy

★ Al Neuharth

★ Peter C. Newman

★ Robert Novak

★ Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)

★ Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune, USA)

★ Kathleen Parker (Washington Post Writers Group, USA)

★ Matthew Parris, UK

★ William Pfaff (International Herald Tribune, France)

★ Daniel Pipes

★ Leonard Pitts (Miami Herald, USA)

★ Dennis Prager

★ Bolesław Prus

★ Ted Rall

★ Michael Reagan

★ Will Rogers

★ Andy Rooney

★ Parke S. Rouse, Jr. (Daily Press (Virginia), USA)

★ Mike Royko

★ Amnon Rubinstein (Maariv, Israel)

★ William Safire (New York Times, USA)

★ Mary Schmich (Chicago Tribune, USA)

★ Sylvia Schur

★ Stephen Silver (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Jeffrey Simpson

★ Tavleen Singh. Her column appears in many English language Indian newspapers.

★ Joan Smith

★ Thomas Sowell

★ Mark Steel

★ Mark Steyn

★ John Stossel

★ Andrew Sullivan

★ Candace Talmadge (North Star Writers Group) (USA)

★ Ellie Tesher

★ Cal Thomas

★ Hunter S. Thompson (Rolling Stone and ESPN, USA)

★ Polly Toynbee

★ Marco Travaglio

★ Mark Twain

★ Abigail Van Buren

★ Ronnie Virgets

★ Emmett Watson (The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

★ George Will

★ Fareed Zakaria

★ Johann Hari

★ Jon Tait (Northumberland Gazette)

★ Langston Hughes

Columnists of note in Japanese-language publications

★ Fusanosuke Natsume

★ Masahiko Katsuya

★ Takashi Matsuo

★ Akio Nakamori
Nate Fredrickson

★ American Press Institute columnist tool box

★ National Society of Newspaper Columnists