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Karen Tumulty was born on 1 December, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., is an American journalist. Discover Karen Tumulty's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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Political columnist |
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68 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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1 December 1955 |
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1 December |
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San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
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United States
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Karen Tumulty Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Karen Tumulty's Husband?
Her husband is Paul Richter
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Paul Richter |
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Karen Tumulty Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Karen Tumulty worth at the age of 68 years old? Karen Tumulty’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. She is from United States. We have estimated Karen Tumulty's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Karen Tumulty (born December 1, 1955) is a political columnist for The Washington Post.
Tumulty graduated from David Crockett High School in Austin, Texas in May 1973.
She later graduated in 1977 from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Journalism with high honors; she is an alumna of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority.
She wrote for The Daily Texan student newspaper.
Tumulty began her career in 1977 at the now-defunct San Antonio Light.
Tumulty spent 14 years with the Los Angeles Times, covering the US Congress, economics, business, energy, and general-assignment beats.
She received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1981.
Tumulty is married to Paul Richter and has two sons, Nicholas and Jack.
While at the Times, she won the Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism in 1982 for Large Newspapers, and the National Press Foundation's Edwin Hood Award for diplomatic correspondence in 1993.
Before joining the Post, Tumulty wrote for Time from October 1994 to April 2010.
She was a Congressional Correspondent, as well as the National Political Correspondent based in Washington D.C. for the magazine.
Tumulty joined Time in 1994.
She covered Congress for two years, during which time she reported and wrote the magazine's 1995 "Man of the Year" profile of Newt Gingrich.
In 1996, she became a White House Correspondent, writing major stories on President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.
She became the National Political Correspondent in 2001.
In the 2008 presidential campaign, Tumulty accused the campaign of Senator John McCain of "playing the race card" for a television ad criticizing the connections between Senator Barack Obama and Franklin Raines, the former CEO of Fannie Mae.
Tumulty wrote that the ad displayed "sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman."
The McCain campaign pointed out that they had also produced an ad criticizing the connections of Barack Obama to Jim Johnson, another former Fannie Mae CEO who is white.
According to the McCain campaign, Tumulty did not correct her post, but responded with "I grew up in Texas. I know what this stuff looks like."
The McCain campaign accused Tumulty of "hysterical liberal bias."
In 2010, Tumulty joined The Washington Post, where she received the 2013 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting.
Admiral William H. McRaven, her fifth grade classmate and commander of USSOCOM, was her guest at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
Adm. McRaven commanded JSOC when it planned and carried out Operation Neptune Spear, the U.S. Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
She became a political columnist in 2018.
In 2021, she was named deputy editorial page editor.
Tumulty's coverage of health care reform issues has been informed by her personal experience with her brother Patrick's health problems.
Besides her work in print journalism, she has appeared as a television/webcasting news analyst on the public affairs programs Washington Week on PBS, PBS NewsHour, and Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News (as part of the 'All-Star Panel').