20th-century american journalists

Edmund Wilson

American writer and literary critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes

Theodore H. White

American political journalist and historian, known for his reporting from China during World War II and the Making of the President series

Gore Vidal

American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner

John Updike

American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic

Berton Roueche

American medical writer who wrote for The New Yorker magazine for almost fifty years

George Plimpton

American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman