Karen Tumulty — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Associate Editor and Columnist at The Washington Post, where she became a political columnist in 2018 and deputy editorial page editor in 2021.
Worked as a Correspondent at Time magazine from 1994 to 2010, covering Congress, the White House, and national politics.
Spent 14 years as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times (1981-1994), covering U.S. Congress, economics, business, and energy.
Received the Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism in 1982.
Awarded the National Press Foundation's Edwin Hood Award for diplomatic correspondence in 1993.
Honored with the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting in 2013.
Holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School (1981) and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin (1977).

Biography

Karen Tumulty is an Associate Editor and Columnist at The Washington Post, where she has been a political columnist since 2018 and was named deputy editorial page editor in 2021. Her career in journalism spans decades, marked by extensive political reporting and analysis for major news organizations.

Prior to joining The Washington Post in 2010, Tumulty spent 16 years at Time magazine, from 1994 to 2010. During her tenure, she served in several capacities within the Washington, D.C.