Ellen Goodman is an American journalist and syndicated columnist.
13 Facts About Ellen Goodman
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Ellen Goodman was a reporter at the Detroit Free Press starting in 1965 and has worked as an associate editor at The Boston Globe since 1967.
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Ellen Goodman's column was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group in 1976.
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In 1998, Ellen Goodman received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College.
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Ellen Goodman announced her retirement in her final column, which ran on January 1,2010.
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In 2007, Goodman studied gender and the news at John F Kennedy School of Government where she was a Shorenstein Fellow.
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Ellen Goodman was born to a Jewish family in Newton, Massachusetts to Jackson Jacob Holtz, and Edith Holtz.
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Ellen Goodman married her first husband, Anthony Goodman, in 1963 and in 1968, gave birth to their daughter Katie Goodman, a musical comedian.
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In 1988, Goodman won the Hubert H Humphrey Civil Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
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Ellen Goodman was awarded the President's Award by the National Women's Political Caucus in 1993.
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Ellen Goodman was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2014 for her work.
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In 2010, Ellen Goodman started "The Conversation Project", a group dedicated to the wishes of end-of-life care.
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Ellen Goodman serves as the co-founder and director of the group.