Richard Wolffe was most recently vice-president and executive editor of MSNBC.
16 Facts About Richard Wolffe
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Richard Wolffe is a 1992 graduate of Oxford University, achieving first-class honours, in English and French literature.
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Richard Wolffe took the Westminster Press diploma in journalism, starting with the pre-entry course at Hastings in autumn 1992 while a trainee reporter with the Brighton Argus, and moved to the Financial Times and thereafter Newsweek.
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Richard Wolffe covered the entire length of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign for Newsweek magazine, traveling with the candidate and his inner circle from his announcement through election day, 21 months later.
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Richard Wolffe is a political analyst on MSNBC, having appeared frequently on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Hardball with Chris Matthews.
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Richard Wolffe has appeared on CNN and Fox News, as well as international media including British, Canadian and Australian television.
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Richard Wolffe joined Newsweek in November 2002 as diplomatic correspondent, covering foreign policy and international affairs.
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Richard Wolffe reported on US foreign policy, covered the Microsoft antitrust trial, as well as regulatory and business issues at the US Department of the Treasury, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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In July 2009, Richard Wolffe guest-hosted a few episodes of Countdown with Keith Olbermann and came under fire from liberal bloggers and writers because of that position.
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On 1 October 2009, Richard Wolffe appeared on Countdown, discussing Sarah Palin.
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Richard Wolffe continues to be a regular guest on numerous MSNBC shows, including Hardball with Chris Matthews.
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In October 2012, it was announced that Richard Wolffe would serve as VP and executive editor of MSNBC.
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In September 2009, Richard Wolffe lectured on the topic Who is Barack Obama at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.
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Richard Wolffe is the co-author of The Victim's Fortune, about the deals that led to billions of dollars in compensation to the Nazis' victims in the late 1990s, and the author of a book on Obama's campaign called Renegade: The Making of a President.
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Richard Wolffe co-authored two Spanish cookbooks, Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America and Made in Spain: Spanish Dishes for the American Kitchen.
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Richard Wolffe had a cameo in the 2013 motion picture The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.