Jon Margolis
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Jon Margolis (1940–2024) was an American journalist and author.
Biography
[edit]Margolis was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1940. He attended Rutgers Preparatory School and graduated from Oberlin College, with a degree in history in 1962.[1]
After college, Margolis worked for the Bergen Record in Hackensack, New Jersey. He went on to work for the Miami Herald, the Concord Monitor, and Newsday.[2] He was the Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune from 1973 to 1995.[3][4]
In 1995, Margolis moved to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. He did freelance work and then founded his own news website. From 2010 to 2020, he was a political columnist for VTDigger.[2]
In 1999, Margolis published the book The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964--The Beginning of the "Sixties".[5][6]
Books
[edit]- The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964 (1999)
- The Quotable Bob Dole: Witty, Wise and Otherwise (1996)
- How to Fool Fish With Feathers (1992)
References
[edit]- ↑ Staff, Seven Days (February 5, 2024). "Obituary: Jonathan Margolis, 1940-2024".
- 1 2 Heintz, Paul (January 31, 2024). "Jon Margolis, national political reporter and VTDigger columnist, dies at 83".
- ↑ "Jon Margolis, Tribune political columnist who wrote with wry wit, dies". February 12, 2024.
- ↑ "Jon Margolis, Author at VTDigger". November 17, 2020.
- ↑ "The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964--The Beginning of the 'Sixties' by Jon Margolis". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2026-09-09.
- ↑ "THE LAST INNOCENT YEAR | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews.