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David "Dave" Weigel (born September 26, 1981) is an American journalist. Since 2015, he has worked for ''The Washington Post'', returning five years after having resigned from the paper. Weigel previously covered politics for ''Slate'' and ''Bloomberg Politics''. Weigel is a contributing editor of the libertarian ''Reason'' magazine and was one of its staff political writers from 2006 to 2008.〔 He is a former contributor to MSNBC. He began appearing on MSNBC in 2009,〔 accepting a position as a paid contributor in June 2010.〔 From April through June 2010, he wrote a weblog for ''The Washington Post'' website focusing on the conservative and Tea Party movements and the Republican Party's preparations for the 2010 midterm elections.〔〔 Weigel resigned from the ''Post'' following the leak of several emails he had written on JournoList, a private "independent to left-leaning" listserv, that were critical of prominent conservative figures and the conservative movement.〔〔〔 Weigel also served as an assistant at ''USA Todays editorial page and as a reporter for ''Campaigns & Elections''.〔 In 2006 and 2010, Weigel guest-blogged at Andrew Sullivan's ''The Daily Dish'' for ''The Atlantic''.〔 He wrote for ''The Washington Independent'' from November 2008 until early 2010. His work has appeared in numerous publications including ''Slate'', ''The Daily Beast'', ''Time'', ''The Guardian'', ''The American Prospect'', ''The American Conservative'', ''The American Spectator'', ''The Washington Monthly'', ''Politico'', and ''The Nation''.〔 ==Early years and background== Weigel was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. After moving to England in 1998, he graduated from the American Community School in Cobham, Surrey, in "the high Tory London suburbs"〔().〕 of the London commuter belt, in 2000.〔〔 He moved to Chicago in 2000 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 2004 from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, with a double major in journalism and political science and a minor in history.〔〔 While at college, Weigel wrote for ''The Daily Northwestern'' and was editor-in-chief of the campus conservative newspaper ''Northwestern Chronicle''.〔 He described his interests as including politics and far-right and far-left radicalism.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Weigel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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