Andrew Ferguson (born June 28, 1956) is an American journalist and author.
Career Ferguson started as a staff writer at The Atlantic in 2018.
Previously, he was senior editor of The Weekly Standard (defunct since December 2018), and a columnist for Bloomberg NewsAndrew Ferguson, "Five Best" Laughter That Lasts: Some humor doesn't age well, but these American classics remain funny beyond compare , 2006-12-02, accessed 2006-12-03 based in Washington, D.C."Andrew Ferguson – Columnist for Bloomberg News Press Releases ", Bachelor Media, accessed December 3, 2006 After the close of The Weekly Standard, David Brooks called Ferguson "the greatest political writer of my generation."David Brooks, "Who Killed the Weekly Standard?"," The New York Times, 2018-12-15, accessed 2018-12-18
Before joining the Standard at its founding in 1995, he was senior editor at Washingtonian magazine. He has been a columnist for Fortune, TV Guide, and Forbes FYI, and a contributing editor to Time. He has also written for The New Yorker, New York, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications."Andrew Ferguson," at the WritersReps.com, accessed 2006-12-03
In 1992, he was a White House speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush.Andrew Ferguson, "Virginia's Jim Webb Joins Strange Bedfellows," Bloomberg News, 2006-11-14, accessed 2006-12-03
A collection of his essays, Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996, and Land of Lincoln was published released by Grove/Atlantic in 2007. His work has appeared in several anthologies.
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