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American journalist
Timothy L. O'Brien
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Timothy L. O'Brien
(born 1961) is an American journalist, author and television commentator.
Early life and education
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Born in Illinois, O'Brien is a graduate of
Loyola Academy
and
Georgetown University
, where he studied literature. He has three master's degrees from
Columbia University
, in history, journalism, and business.
Journalism career
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O'Brien is the executive editor of
Bloomberg Opinion
, a platform that provides commentary about business, politics, and foreign affairs. O'Brien was a reporter for
The New York Times
before becoming editor of the paper's Sunday Business section in 2006. He was previously the executive editor of
The Huffington Post
and has been a staff writer for
The Wall Street Journal
and
Talk
. O'Brien edited a multi-part series on wounded war veterans that won a
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
in 2012. He is also a recipient of a Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Journalism. He helped oversee a team of
New York Times
reporters that was a 2009
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
finalist for its coverage of the 2008 financial crisis. O'Brien is also a contributing, on-air analyst with NBC/
MSNBC
where he frequently appears to discuss politics and national affairs.
Books
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O'Brien has written two nonfiction books: 1998's
Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of America's Gambling Industry
(
ISBN
0-8129-2807-5
) and 2005's
TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald
(
ISBN
978-1422366189
).
TrumpNation
is notable for its claim that celebrity
real estate
mogul
Donald Trump
was worth no more than
US$
250 million. Trump, who claimed at the time to be a
billionaire
and who has built a reputation upon his wealth, filed suit against O'Brien and
Warner Books
in 2006. In 2009, the suit was dismissed by a New Jersey judge.
[1]
Trump appealed, but the dismissal was upheld by an appeals court in 2011.
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A novel by O'Brien,
The Lincoln Conspiracy
(
ISBN
978-0-345-49677-5
), was published in 2012.
Political career
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In 2019, O'Brien was hired as a senior adviser for strategy and policy for
Michael Bloomberg
's
Democratic Party primaries
campaign in the
2020 United States presidential election
.
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