Jim Hoagland

Jim Hoagland is an American journalist. He is an associate editor, senior foreign correspondent, and columnist for The Washington Post. He was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on January 22, 1940.

Education

He graduated with an AB in journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1961 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He did graduate work in Aix-en-Provence, France, during the 1961–62 academic year and was a Ford Foundation Fellow at Columbia University’s School of Journalism during 1968–69.

Career

Hoagland began his journalism career as a reporter with the Rock Hill Evening Herald in 1960 while still in college. He then became a copy editor for the New York Times International Edition in Paris in 1964. On joining the Washington Post in 1966, he covered metropolitan and national affairs. He was the Post’s Africa correspondent (1969–72), Middle East correspondent (1972–75), and Paris correspondent (1975–77). In 1979, Hoagland became foreign editor and, in 1981, was appointed assistant managing editor for Foreign News. In 1986, he moved to Paris to begin his internationally syndicated column on America’s role in the world.

Affiliations

• Hoover Insitution - Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow.
• Institute for Strategic Dialogue - Board Member.

Publications

• Jim Hoagland, Trump is only interested in foreign leaders who can be bought, Washington Post, 29 February 2020.
• Jim Hoagland, Trump hasn’t gone mad. He’s gone rogue, Washington Post, 9 October 2019.
• Jim Hoagland, The tech economy is hard to explain. Running against the Other is much easier, Washington Post, 31 May 2019.
• Jim Hoagland, China is trying to woo U.S. allies. The White House’s response contains glaring failures, Washington Post, 6 January 2019.
• Jim Hoagland, Mattis endured a lot. Here’s why this was the last straw, Washington Post, 21 December 2018.
• Jim Hoagland, John Kelly used the Situation Room to fire Omarosa. How could he?, Washington Post, 14 August 2018.
• Jim Hoagland, Hoagland: Is US planning to quit WTO?, Herald Tribune, 16 June 2018.
• Jim Hoagland, What is Trump trying to hide by blaming Canada? The answer may be frightening, Washington Post, 14 June 2018.
• Jim Hoagland, Nelson was water; Winnie was fire, Dawn, 5 April 2018.
• Jim Hoagland, Remembering APRIL 4, 1968: The death of Martin Luther King Jr., The Georgetowner, 4 April 2018.