Maureen Dowd

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Maureen Dowd
Dowd at a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in April 2008
Born	Maureen Brigid Dowd (1952-01-14) January 14, 1952 (age 72) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	Catholic University of America (BA)
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1974–present
Employer(s)	The Washington Star (1974–1981) Time (1981–1983) The New York Times (1983–present)

Maureen Brigid Dowd^[1] (/daʊd/; born January 14, 1952) is an American columnist for The New York Times and an author.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, Dowd worked for The Washington Star and Time, writing news, sports and feature articles. She joined The New York Times in 1983 as a metropolitan reporter, and became an op-ed writer in 1995.

In 1999, Dowd received a Pulitzer Prize for her series of columns on the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal.