Ronald Brownstein

Part journalist, part historian, all shrewd political observer, Ron Brownstein explains with lucid precision the complexities of American politics. As the political director of Atlantic Media Company--one of America's broadest-reaching and most influential distributors of political news--he produces sharp contemporary analysis on politics, the media, healthcare, and the whole range of issues informed by his strong sense of America's political and national history. Twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize cited for "the clarity, consistency, and quality of his political reporting," he is a prolific and penetrating columnist on politics and policy, appearing regularly in the Atlantic, National Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. Represented exclusively by Leading Authorities, Ron Brownstein is, as the Economist said, simply "one of America's best political journalists. His speeches reflect the depth of his knowledge of the wide expanse of America's past and present, making him one of the most trustworthy predictors of America's future.

Getting It Right, Time After Time. Before taking over the political coverage for Atlantic Media Company, Brownstein served as the national political correspondent and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times from 1990 to 2007. In his years at the Times, he earned two finalist nods from the Pulitzer Prize Board for his coverage of the 1996 and 2004 presidential elections. His track record led former President Bill Clinton to cite Brownstein as the "one journalist who generally gets it right, explaining what the issues are and what's going on in the country."

In addition, Brownstein served as chief political correspondent and columnist for U.S. News and World Report for seven months in 1998. He has also appeared frequently on Meet the Press, This Week with George Stephanopolous, Face the Nation, the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and Washington Week in Review. He has also been a repeat guest on Charlie Rose (where he has served as a substitute host), Nightline, the three network morning programs, MSNBC, CNBC, as well as C-Span. From 1998 through 2005, he served as an on-air political analyst for CNN.

On the American Beat. Brownstein is the author or editor of six books, including The Power and The Glitter: The Hollywood-Washington Connection and Storming the Gates: Protest Politics and the Republican Revival, which he co-authored with Dan Balz. His previous book, Reagan's Ruling Class: Portraits of the President's Top 100 Officials, co-authored with Nina Easton, was a Washington Post best-seller for five weeks in 1982. He was editor and co-author of Selecting a President and Who's Poisoning America, published in 1981 by Sierra Club Books. His sixth book, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America, was named one of "ten books to curl up with" for 2007 by the New York Times. His articles on politics, public policy, books and culture have appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Vanity Fair, the New Republic, the Financial Times, the Washington Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, the Times of London, the Times Literary Supplement, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun-Times, Newsday, and the Miami Herald.