11 Facts About Karen Tumulty

Karen Tumulty was born on December 1,1955 and is a political columnist for The Washington Post.

Karen Tumulty was a Congressional Correspondent, as well as the National Political Correspondent based in Washington DC for the magazine.

Karen Tumulty graduated from David Crockett High School in Austin, Texas in May 1973.

Karen Tumulty later graduated in 1977 from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Journalism with high honors; she is an alumna of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority.

Karen Tumulty received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1981.

Karen Tumulty is married to Paul Richter and has two sons, Nicholas and Jack.

Karen Tumulty began her career in 1977 at the now-defunct San Antonio Light.

Karen Tumulty spent 14 years with the Los Angeles Times, covering the US Congress, economics, business, energy, and general-assignment beats.

Karen Tumulty covered Congress for two years, during which time she reported and wrote the magazine's 1995 "Man of the Year" profile of Newt Gingrich.

However, Karen Tumulty included the story in her own article and presented it as though Gore claimed it as fact, which claim was picked up by numerous publications afterward as being another example of Gore bragging about an incident that was either a lie or misleading.

In 2010, Karen Tumulty joined The Washington Post, where she received the 2013 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting.