Froma Harrop

Froma Harrop is a syndicated columnist whose work appears in about 200 newspapers, including The Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times, Denver Post, Detroit News, and Newsday. Her column is distributed by Creators Syndicate in Los Angeles. Media Matters ranks Harrop 20th nationally in total readership and 14th in large newspaper concentration. Her columns are featured in several book anthologies.

Harrop has written for publications as diverse as The New York Times, Institutional Investor, and Harper's Bazaar. She has been a guest on PBS, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, and other television and radio outlets. Specific appearances include The Ed Show, PBS's White House Chronicles, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Harrop started her journalism career as a business reporter for Reuters in New York, later becoming a financial editor for The New York Times News Service. She is currently a member of The Providence Journal's editorial board.

Harrop was a finalist for the Scripps Howard Award for commentary and for the Loeb Award in economic commentary (twice). She has been honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and has received five prizes from the New England Associated Press News Executives Association.

She recently served as president of the Association of Opinion Journalists, formerly the National Conference of Editorial Writers. In 2012, Froma Harrop chaired the Pulitzer Prize jury for editorial cartoons.

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