Tim Carney, a political columnist for The Washington Examiner in Washington, D.C., will soon teach a two-week seminar on campus as the fall semester’s Eugene C. Pulliam visiting journalist.
The one-credit course, entitled “The Art of the Politi-
cal Column,” begins on Sept. 24. The class will meet twice weekly, from 3 to 5 p.m., for two weeks. Carney is also speaking in Phillips Auditorium on Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.
“I think that anybody who tries can be a successful jour- nalist, and some writers are just naturally great writers. These are people who are so distinc- tive,” Carney said. “I, on the other hand, am just someone who has gotten some good advice, and I want to share that
and imbue this guidance into students.”
Carney, who has worked for the Examiner for three years, said his area of expertise is cov- ering “the intersection between business and government and the way big business ends up benefitting from big govern- ment.” He said he hopes to focus the two-week seminar on the importance of researching, in addition to writing, columns.
“He’s a great young journal- ist,” said John Miller, director
of the Dow Journalism Pro- gram. “He’s a protégé of Robert Novak, who was one of the great political journalists of his generation.”
Novak, a prominent political journalist who passed away in 2009, wrote in his book “Prince of Darkness” that Carney is “maybe my best political re- porter since I began hiring them in 1982.”
