Distinguished NJC Alumni

More than 1,700 alumni have participated in the National Journalism Center’s internship program, and many have gone on to become best-selling authors and journalists. They have been hired by hundreds of media outlets, including: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, PBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, C-SPAN, BBC, Time, Newsweek, Esquire, New Yorker, National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, TV Guide, Forbes, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Associated Press, UPI, Reuters, and more elsewhere.

 ANN COULTER - NJC Alum, Spring 1985

Ann Coulter was born in New York in December 1961. She attended Cornell University, where she helped found The Cornell Review and became a member of the Delta Gamma national women’s fraternity. She graduated cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in history.

Coulter graduated the National Journalism Center program in spring 1985, and in 1988, she received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was the editor of the Michigan Law Review and president of the local chapter of the Federalist Society.

After graduating from law school, Coulter served as a law clerk in Kansas City for Pasco Bowman II of the United Stated Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Later, she worked as a corporate lawyer for a private practice in New York City. Eventually, she worked for the United States Senate Judiciary Committee after the Republican Party won majority in Congress in 1994. She worked for Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan, and then became litigator with the Center for Individual Rights.

Ann Coulter frequently appears on television, radio, and at public speaking events. She is well known for her outspoken right-wing political and social views. She has authored seven books, including Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America (January 2009); If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans (October, 2007); Godless: The Church of Liberalism (June 2006); and maintains a regular newspaper column.

“The National Journalism Center is an excellent training ground for writers. Most beginning journalists want to write meandering thought pieces, but most beginning writers don’t have enough original thoughts to make that a profitable enterprise. NJC teaches writers to locate primary sources, run down facts, and get quotes.” - Ann Coulter

 MALCOLM GLADWELL - NJC Alum, Summer 1982

Malcolm Gladwell was born on September 3, 1963 in Fareham, Hampshire, England. His family moved to Elmira, Canada when he was six years old. He graduated in 1984 from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history.

Between 1987 and 1996, Gladwell covered business and science as a reporter for the Washington Post. He then served as the Washington Post’s New York City bureau chief.

Gladwell has authored four books: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference (2000), Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), and Outliers: The Story of Success (2008) all of which reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list. His most recent book, What the Dog Saw (2009) is a compilation of his stories from The New Yorker. Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. In 2005, Time Magazine named him among the 100 most influential people.

 JASON MATTERA - NJC Alum, 2003

Born in September 8, 1983, and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jason Mattera graduated Summa Cum Laude from Roger Williams University with a double major in business management and communications. While in college, Young America’s Foundation named him a top student activist nationwide for two years in a row. He attended the National Journalism Center in 2003.

Mattera was named editor of “Human Events” at the age of 26. He has spoken for numerous conservative publications and appeared on television and radio broadcasts. He has also written Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation (Simon & Schuster). He hosts his own radio broadcast on News Talk Radio 77WABC.

 TIM CARNEY - NJC Alum, Summer 1999

One of four boys, Tim Carney was born in Greenwich Village and grew up in Pelham, New York. He studied at St. John’s College and attended the NJC in 1999. He continued his training with Robert Novak and currently is the lobbying editor and a columnist at the Washington Examiner. He regularly appears on television broadcasts, and he has written The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money (2006) and Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses (2009).

 JOHN FUND - NJC Alum, Summer 1981

John Fund was born April 8, 1957 in Tuscon Arizona. He attended American River College and California State University. He attended the National Journalism Center in summer 1981. Afterwards, he worked as a research analyst for the California State Legislature in Sacramento. His journalist career began in 1982 as a reporter for the syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. He currently writes for the OpinionJournal.com, the website of the Wall Street Journal and for the Journal’s Political Diary newsletter. He joined the Journal in 1984 as deputy editorial features editor. In 1995, he was named to the Journal’s editorial board. He is also a political analyst for Fox News and the senior editor and columnist for the American Spectator.

His writings have appeared in Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Reason, The New Republic, and National Review. In 1992, Fund co-wrote a book with James Coyne, Cleaning House: America’s Campaign for Term Limits (1992), The Dangers of Regulation through Litigation: The Alliance of Plaintiff's Lawyers and State Governments (2000), a collaboration with Rush Limbaugh Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy (2004), and How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine Our Elections (2009).

"The National Journalism Center is an unequalled training ground for youthful writers and reporters. Thanks to the NJC, I got my start interning for Bob Novak, learning the essential skills of media work from an accomplished real-world pro. For young people aspiring to press careers, the best advice that I can offer -- and do -- is: Enroll at the NJC as soon as you can get there." - John Fund

 GREG GUTFELD - NJC Alum, Fall 1987

Greg Gutfeld graduated from the National Journalism Center in the fall of 1987. Since then, he has made a career as an author, columnist, editor, blogger and political satirist.

He got his start as a staff writer for Prevention Magazine and editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine. He then moved on to become editor-in-chief of Stuff Magazine and later helmed Maxim magazine in the U.K. He also made a name for himself as a contributor for the Huffington Post, where he became known for his brazen ridicule of the publication’s leftists.

Gutfeld is now the host of Fox News Channel’s "Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld." He also blogs about news and pop culture for his own site, The Daily Gut, as well as BigHollywood.com, and has appeared on numerous popular shows, including "The O'Reilly Factor," Dennis Miller's radio show and "Opie and Anthony." He is also the author of "The Bible of Unspeakable Truths.”