Juan Williams was born on April 10, 1954 in Colon, Panama, near the Canal Zone. His father, Roger, was a boxing trainer and his mother, Alma, a seamstress. He was raised in the Episcopal Church. When he was four years old his family immigrated to the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. He then won a scholarship to attend Oakwood School in Poughkeepsie, New York. He became president of the student body, editor of the student paper and was captain of the baseball, cross-country and championship basketball team. He then won a scholarship to Haverford College where he graduated with a B.A. in philosophy in 1976.
Juan Williams is an American journalist, author, and political commentator for Fox News Channel, and formerly for National Public Radio. Juan Williams also writes for several newspapers including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and has been published in magazines including The Atlantic Monthly and Time. Juan Williams was an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, White House correspondent and national correspondent during his 23 year career at The Washington Post. He has won several awards for investigative journalism and his opinion columns.
During college, Juan Williams worked for three years as a reporter intern for the Philadelphia Bulletin. He also won a Dow-Jones Newspaper Fund Award for outstanding young journalists and worked for a summer as an editor at the Providence Journal before returning to finish college. After graduation, he won an internship at The Washington Post. He worked at the paper from 1976 to 2000. During his tenure at the Post, he held several positions, including metropolitan staff writer. While on the local staff he wrote a prize winning 6 part series on the problems in the DC public schools that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His investigative reporting on corruption in Mayor Marion Barry’s administration also won several awards. He later served on the Post’s national staff – covering every major political campaign from 1980 to 2000 – and as a political analyst. He also wrote as the paper’s White House correspondent, as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist and for the Post Sunday Magazine.
While at the Post he became a regular panelist on Inside Washington, a weekly Washington political affairs program. In 1990 CNN signed him to be a host for its Crossfire program with co-hosts Bob Novak, Michael Kinsley and Pat Buchanan. He also regularly appeared on Capitol Gang and hosted Crossfire Sunday with Lynne Cheney.
In 1996, Juan Williams became host of the syndicated television program, America’s Black Forum. The show’s regular panelists included Julian Bond, Niger Innis, Deborah Mathis and Armstrong Williams.
Juan Williams is an American journalist, author, and political commentator for Fox News Channel, and formerly for National Public Radio. Juan Williams also writes for several newspapers including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and has been published in magazines including The Atlantic Monthly and Time. Juan Williams was an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, White House correspondent and national correspondent during his 23 year career at The Washington Post. He has won several awards for investigative journalism and his opinion columns.
During college, Juan Williams worked for three years as a reporter intern for the Philadelphia Bulletin. He also won a Dow-Jones Newspaper Fund Award for outstanding young journalists and worked for a summer as an editor at the Providence Journal before returning to finish college. After graduation, he won an internship at The Washington Post. He worked at the paper from 1976 to 2000. During his tenure at the Post, he held several positions, including metropolitan staff writer. While on the local staff he wrote a prize winning 6 part series on the problems in the DC public schools that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His investigative reporting on corruption in Mayor Marion Barry’s administration also won several awards. He later served on the Post’s national staff – covering every major political campaign from 1980 to 2000 – and as a political analyst. He also wrote as the paper’s White House correspondent, as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist and for the Post Sunday Magazine.
While at the Post he became a regular panelist on Inside Washington, a weekly Washington political affairs program. In 1990 CNN signed him to be a host for its Crossfire program with co-hosts Bob Novak, Michael Kinsley and Pat Buchanan. He also regularly appeared on Capitol Gang and hosted Crossfire Sunday with Lynne Cheney.
In 1996, Juan Williams became host of the syndicated television program, America’s Black Forum. The show’s regular panelists included Julian Bond, Niger Innis, Deborah Mathis and Armstrong Williams.
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