Since the CN was founded in 1979, a number of its alumni have become successful journalists. They have worked for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and more. 

Aaron Barnhart (Northwestern), television-media critic, Kansas City Star and author of the ISI edition of Start the Presses

Brian Carney (Yale), editorial page editor, Wall Street Journal

Matthew Continetti (Columbia), associate editor, Weekly Standard (former CN fellow at the same)

Duncan Currie (Harvard), managing editor, The American (former CN fellow at the Weekly Standard)

Ross Douthat (Harvard), op-ed columnist, The New York Times and author of Grand New Party

Dinesh D'Souza (Dartmouth), author and public speaker

J.P. Freire (Cornell), associate editor of commentary, Washington Examiner (former CN fellow at The American Spectator)

Michael George (Northwestern), founder of Northwestern Review, current CEO of QVC

Stephen F. Hayes (Depauw), senior writer, the Weekly Standard 

Mark Hemingway (Oregon), reporter, Washington Examiner

Jonathan Karl (Vassar), national security correspondent for ABC News (former CN fellow at the New Republic) 

Joseph Lawler (Notre Dame), managing editor, The American Spectator (former CN fellow at the same)

Tod Lindberg (Chicago), editor, Policy Review

Rich Lowry (Virginia), editor, National Review 

Katherine Mangu-Ward (Yale), senior editor, Reason (former CN fellow at the Weekly Standard)

Debra McCown (UNC-Chapel Hill), reporter, Bristol (Tenn.) Herald-Courier (former CN fellow at USA Today) 

Tony Mecia (Duke), freelance business writer in Charlotte, N.C.

 

John Miller (Michigan), national correspondent for National Review (former CN fellow at the New Republic) 

John M. O'Hara (Kenyon), author of A New American Tea Party and vice president of external relations at the Illinois Policy Institute.

James Panero (Dartmouth), managing editor, New Criterion 

John Podhoretz (Chicago), editor, Commentary

Joe Rago (Cornell), editorial board member, Wall Street Journal 

Naomi Schafer Riley (Harvard), author and professional journalist (former CN fellow at the Wall Street Journal) 

Laura Vanderkam (Princeton), author and editorial board member, USA Today 

Fareed Zakaria (Yale), editor-at-large, TIME Magazine

The CN is working to reconnect with all of its alumni. If you ever worked for a CN member paper or received a CN internship or fellowship, please e-mail the CN at cn@isi.org. Any of the following information would be greatly appreciated: