Last updated on:
11/27/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
Matt Welch Biography
- Title:
- Editor-in-Chief, Reason magazine
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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“As long as there are stupid laws, disproportionate sentences, corrupt law enforcement officials, and politicians who will sacrifice rights on the altar of being tough on crime, I do not want any government preventing free citizens from voting —- regardless of which distasteful political party might benefit.”
Reason magazine, July 25, 2003
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Organizations/VIPs/Others
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Editor-in-Chief, Reason magazine, 2007-Present
- Associate Editor and Media Columnist, Reason magazine, 2004-2007
- Former Assistant Editorial Page Editor and Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2006-Present
- First Place, Entertainment Reviews/criticism/column, 2006
- First Place, Coverage of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, 2004
- Journalist, covered major-party political conventions for Reason magazine, 2004
- Columnist, National Post, Canada, 2002-2004
- Contributing Editor, Reason magazine, 2003-2004
- Co-founder/Editor, LA Examiner, 2001-2003
- Journalist, covered the Ralph Nader presidential campaign for Columnist, NewsForChange, 2000-2002
- News Editor, Tabloid.net, 1998-1999
- Editor/Reporter, New World Publishing, Budapest-Prague-Warsaw, 1995-1997
- Correspondent, United Press International, 1992-1994
- Founder, Prognosis, the first post-communist English-language newspaper in Prague, 1990-1997
- Production Manager, Daily Nexus, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1988-1990
- Education:
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- Coursework, Journalism, University of California at Santa Barbara (did not graduate)
- Other:
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- None found
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