English

Noun

columnists

1. Plural of columnist

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

Types of columnists

• agony aunt, an advice columnist
• critic reviewer
• editorial opinion columnist
• gossip columnist
• humor columnist
• food columnist

Columnists of note in English-language publications

• Shana Alexander
• Jani Allan (Sunday Times (South Africa)) (South Africa)
• Barbara Amiel
• Army Archerd
• Mike Barnicle (Boston Herald, USA)
• Mike Ball (North Star Writers Group) (USA)
• Dave Barry (Miami Herald, USA)
• Lucius Beebe (San Francisco Examiner and New York Herald Tribune, USA)
• Christie Blatchford (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
• Erma Bombeck
• L.M. Boyd
• Tom Braden
• Russell Brand (The Guardian, UK.
• David Brooks (New York Times, USA)
• Rosa Brooks (Los Angeles Times, USA)
• Art Buchwald (Washington Post, USA)
• Herman Cain (North Star Writers Group) (USA)
• Mona Charen
• Jeremy Clarkson
• Ann Coulter (Universal Press Syndicate, USA)
• Andrew Coyne
• Maureen Dowd (New York Times, USA)
• John Doyle (The Globe and Mail,
• Matt Drudge
• Gwynne Dyer
• Roger Ebert
• Allan Fotheringham
• Benjamin Franklin
• Jonathan Freedland
• Kinky Friedman, (Texas Monthly)
• Thomas Friedman (New York Times, USA)
• David Frum
• Robert Fulford (National Post, Canada)
• A. A. Gill
• Stuart Goldman (Los Angeles Daily News, (Los Angeles Reader)
• Lewis Grizzard
• Victor Davis Hanson
• Carl Hiaasen (Miami Herald, USA)
• Simon Heffer, UK
• Christopher Hitchens
• Peter Hitchens, UK
• Molly Ivins
• Simon Jenkins
• Michael Kinsley
• Dick Kleiner
• 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
• O. O. McIntyre
• Tom Meek
• Vinod Mehta
• George Monbiot (The Guardian, UK)
• Ward Morehouse (The New York Sun, USA)
• Rex Murphy
• Al Neuharth
• Peter C. Newman
• Robert Novak
• Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)
• Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune, USA)
• Kathleen Parker (Washington Post Writers Group, USA)
• Matthew Parris, UK
• William Pfaff (International Herald Tribune, France)
• Daniel Pipes
• Leonard Pitts (Miami Herald, USA)
• Dennis Prager
• Bolesław Prus
• Ted Rall
• Michael Reagan
• Will Rogers
• Andy Rooney
• Parke S. Rouse, Jr. (Daily Press (Virginia), USA)
• Mike Royko
• Amnon Rubinstein (Maariv, Israel)
• William Safire (New York Times, USA)
• Mary Schmich (Chicago Tribune, USA)
• Sylvia Schur
• Jeffrey Simpson
• Tavleen Singh. Her column appears in many English language Indian newspapers.
• Joan Smith
• Thomas Sowell
• Mark Steel
• Mark Steyn
• John Stossel
• Andrew Sullivan
• Ellie Tesher
• Cal Thomas
• Hunter S. Thompson (Rolling Stone and ESPN, USA)
• Polly Toynbee
• Marco Travaglio
• Mark Twain
• Abigail Van Buren
• Ronnie Virgets
• Emmett Watson (The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• George Will
• Fareed Zakaria
• Johann Hari
• Terence Blacker

Columnists of note in Japanese-language publications

• Fusanosuke Natsume
• Masahiko Katsuya
• Takashi Matsuo
• Akio Nakamori

Nate Fredrickson

• American Press Institute columnist tool box
• National Society of Newspaper Columnists