David Tell

{{short description|American journalist}}

David Tell is an American conservative political journalist. Tell served as a speechwriter in the Reagan presidency, and as an aide to William J. Bennett when he was Secretary of Education.Richard L. Berke, "Murdoch Finances New Forum for Right," New York Times, April 30, 1995. In the presidential election of 1992, Tell was director of The Opposition Research Group for the Republican National Committee, in charge of a massive data base devoted to voter research and opposition research, contributing to the unsuccessful candidacy of incumbent George H. W. Bush against Gov. Bill Clinton.Richard L. Berke, "Campaign '92: Live, in Color, and Bare-Knuckled," New York Times, June 25, 1992. Tell was a co-founder of the Project for the Republican Future, a high-level advocacy group modeled on the Democratic Leadership Council.Richard L. Berke, "Centrists Are Wary of Clinton Tilting," New York Times, Dec. 3, 1993. He later was opinion editor of The Weekly Standard magazine, owned by Rupert Murdoch"Richard L. Berke, "Murdoch Finances..." NYTimes, April 30, 1995. and the News Corporation, from 1995 to 2006.

Tell earned a B. A. in journalism from Columbia University in 1982.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and two sons.{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/AboutUs/bio_tell.asp |title=David Tell, opinion editor |work=The Weekly Standard |accessdate=2006-12-03 |archiveurl=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011005105439/http://www.weeklystandard.com/aboutus/bio_tell.asp |archivedate=2001-10-05 |url-status=dead }}