Bob Herbert joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in 1993. His twice a week column comments on politics, urban affairs and social trends.
Prior to joining The Times, Mr. Herbert was a national correspondent for NBC from 1991 to 1993, reporting regularly on "The Today Show" and "NBC Nightly News." He had worked as a reporter and editor at The Daily News from 1976 until 1985, when he became a columnist and member of its editorial board.
In 1990, Mr. Herbert was a founding panelist of "Sunday Edition," a weekly discussion program on WCBS-TV in New York, and the host of Hotline, a weekly issues program on New York public television.
He began his career as a reporter with The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., in 1970. He became its night city editor in 1973.
Mr. Herbert has won numerous awards, including the Meyer Berger Award for coverage of New York City and the American Society of Newspaper Editors award for distinguished newspaper writing. He was chairman of the Pulitzer Prize jury for spot news reporting in 1993.
Born in Brooklyn on March 7, 1945, Mr. Herbert received a B.S. degree in journalism from the State University of New York (Empire State College) in 1988. He has taught journalism at Brooklyn College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in Manhattan on the Upper West Side.
Columns
The Source of Obama’s Trouble
Democrats, who seem to be on a relentless quest to pass a health care bill, don’t seem to grasp the issue truly important to Americans: jobs.
March 9, 2010Cops vs. Kids
It’s time to rein in the way police and safety officers in New York public schools mistreat students.
March 6, 2010Watching Certain People
The N.Y.P.D. must end its gruesome, racist practice of stopping innocent New Yorkers and compiling a computerized database of their personal information.
March 2, 2010Paterson on the Brink
Now that the bottom has fallen out of Gov. David Paterson’s election bid, the question remains: Is he still suited to be governor?
February 27, 2010Where the Bar Ought to Be
In Harlem, an educator is expecting the best, not the worst, from students at her charter schools.
February 23, 2010Falling Further Behind
Ignoring the sad state of our nation’s schools and infrastructure will hurt us.
February 20, 2010What’s Wrong With Us?
Ignoring the nation’s infrastructure problems imperils public safety, diminishes our competitiveness and results in missed opportunities to create jobs.
February 16, 2010Watching China Run
China has nothing comparable to the research, industrial and economic resources of the United States. Yet the Chinese are blowing us away in the race to the future.
February 13, 2010The Worst of the Pain
Those in the lower-income groups are in a much, much deeper hole than the general commentary on the recession would lead people to believe.
February 9, 2010Time Is Running Out
Rescuing the U.S. economy will require a commitment, and undoubtedly sacrifices, that need to start now.
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