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

What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it meets each of the following criteria:

• It is a regular feature in a publication
• It is personality-driven by the author
• It explicitly contains an opinion or point of view

Types of columns

• advice
• critic reviews
• editorial opinion
• gossip
• humor

Columnists of note

• Shana Alexander
• Barbara Amiel
• Army Archerd
• Mike Barnicle (Boston Herald, USA)
• Dave Barry (Miami Herald, USA)
• Christie Blatchford (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
• David Brooks (New York Times, USA)
• Ann Coulter (Universal Press Syndicate, USA)
• Andrew Coyne
• Maureen Dowd (New York Times, USA)
• John Doyle (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
• Matt Drudge
• Gwynne Dyer
• Roger Ebert
• Allan Fotheringham
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Friedman (New York Times, USA)
• David Frum
• Robert Fulford (National Post, Canada)
• Carl Hiaasen (Miami Herald, USA)
• Simon Heffer, UK
• Peter Hitchens, UK
• Molly Ivins
• Michael Kinsley
• Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post, USA)
• Paul Krugman (New York Times, USA)
• Ann Landers
• Michele Landsberg (Toronto Star)
• Richard Littlejohn (The Sun and Daily Mail, UK)
• Charlie Madigan (Chicago Tribune, USA)
• Michelle Malkin
• Heather Mallick (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
• Dan Margalit
• Vinod Mehta
• Ward Morehouse III (The New York Post, USA; www.wardmorehouseiii.com)
• Rex Murphy
• Al Neuharth
• Peter C. Newman
• Robert Novak
• Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune, USA)
• Adam J. Pearce, UK
• Daniel Pipes
• Dennis Prager
• Will Rogers
• Amnon Rubinstein (Maariv, Israel)
• William Safire (New York Times, USA)
• Mary Schmich (Chicago Tribune, USA)
• Jeffrey Simpson
• Thomas Sowell
• Mark Steel
• Mark Steyn
• Andrew Sullivan
• Ellie Tesher
• Cal Thomas
• Polly Toynbee
• Mark Twain
• George Will
• Fareed Zakaria
• William Pfaff (International Herald Tribune,France)

External links

• American Press Institute columnist tool box

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