Chris Matthews Joins San Francisco Chronicle as National Columnist.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2000 San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the executive editor Phil Bronstein announced today that Chris Matthews has become a national columnist for The Chronicle. Matthews will write a Sunday column for The Chronicle, and will report breaking news stories and contribute regularly to the Chronicle Magazine. Matthews, 55, a nationally syndicated columnist for the San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. for 13 years, has developed a high media profile as the fast-talking host of the MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company show "Hardball with Chris Matthews Hardball with Chris Matthews is a talk show on MSNBC broadcast weekdays at 5 and 7 PM hosted by Chris Matthews. It originally aired on now-defunct America's Talking (as "Politics with Chris Matthews") and later CNBC. ," one of the highest-rated programs on the network. He is a frequent commentator on NBC's "Today" and the regular substitute anchor on NBC's "Weekend Today." "Chris has raised the level of national dialogue, in pitch, in intensity and in detail, to a point where people are more informed and involved in politics," said Bronstein. "He helps people connect emotionally, as well as intellectually. He's quick, smart, has an encyclopedic knowledge of political history, a love of politics, great instinct and abiding curiosity. He adds something intense and real for our readers, whether you agree or disagree with him." "Chris Matthews writes about Washington with freshness and authority," said Chronicle editorial page editor John Diaz. "He is second to none in his ability to understand what is going on in the nation's capital, and to analyze it in a clear-eyed way that often breaks from the pack. I am pleased that his distinctive insights will appear on The Chronicle's op-ed page every Sunday." Matthews entered journalism with a unique insider's perspective on political Washington. He was Washington Bureau Chief at the San Francisco Examiner. Prior to entering journalism, he served as White House aide and speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter and as senior aide to House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. The author of two best-selling books, "Hardball: How Politics Is Played - Told by One Who Knows the Game" (HarperCollins, 1988) and "Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Post-War America" (Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , 1996), Matthews has been Washington Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Examiner and a nationally syndicated columnist since 1987. He is married to Kathleen Matthews, news anchor for WJLA WJLA Washington DC area television station; JLA comes from founder Joseph L. Allbritton , the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. affiliate in Washington, D.C. They have three children. |
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