Washington Post columnist joining Mason faculty

 Washington Post columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Pearlstein is joining the Mason faculty. Beginning in fall 2011, Pearlstein will become Clarence J. Robinson professor of Public and International Affairs. In his new role, Pearlstein will teach classes in economics, public affairs and media.

In a press release, George Mason University president Alan G. Merten welcomed the university’s newest Robinson professor. “George Mason University is pleased and proud to have Steve Pearlstein join our faculty as a Robinson professor,” Merten said.

In addition to beginning his academic work at Mason, Pearlstein will continue to write at the Washington Post, reducing his twice weekly column to once a week.

“I’m excited – and a little bit nervous – to be embarking on this new career as a college professor,” said Pearlstein in the press release. “And yet I still get to keep my hand in journalism and maintain my association with one of the world’s best news organizations.”

Pearlstein has worked at the Washington Post for 22 years. In 2008, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns regarding the recent financial crisis. Prior to working for the post, Pearlstein had been a reporter at WGBH-TV in Boston, an editor at Inc. magazine and founding editor and publisher of the Boston Observer.

Read the university press release here.

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