Nicholas Goldberg

Goldberg was born and raised in New York City. He is the son of Richard Goldberg, who lives in Wiesbaden Germany, and the late Uli Beigel Monaco.{{Cite news|date=1989-10-22|title=Wedding Plans For Amy Wilentz (Published 1989)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/22/style/wedding-plans-for-amy-wilentz.html|access-date=2020-10-21|issn=0362-4331}} He graduated from Harvard University in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in government.{{Cite web|last=Scheer|first=Robert|date=2018-07-27|title=Are the Billionaire Owners of the L.A. Times and Washington Post Good for Journalism?|url=https://www.truthdig.com/articles/nick-goldberg-on-the-l-a-times-reboot-good-news-for-the-news-business/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Directory Search - HarvardKey|url=https://www.pin1.harvard.edu/cas/login?service=https://community.alumni.harvard.edu/login/cas|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.pin1.harvard.edu}}

Goldberg is a former reporter and editor at Newsday in New York, which he joined in 1983. There, he covered the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=1992-10-18|title=Bill Clinton's Arkansas: If one is to understand Bill Clinton, it's essential to understand the place that created him and how he, in turn, has changed it|work=Newsday: Nassau and Suffolk edition|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278549925|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|278549925}} }} and served as New York's state house bureau chief in Albany,{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|others=Albany Bureau Chief|date=1993-11-19|title=Cuomo takes poll plunge|work=Newsday: City edition|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278742992|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|278742992}} }} covering the administrations of Governors Mario Cuomo{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=1990-06-07|title=Cuomo defends bill on homeless funds|work=Newsday: Albany Bureau, Nassau and Suffolk edition|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278205938|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|278205938}} }} and George Pataki.{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=1995-05-22|title=Pataki: Budget ensures change|work=Newsday|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/402393171|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|402393171}} }}{{Cite web|date=2014-03-26|title=Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist|url=https://www.latimes.com/about/lat-nicholas-goldberg-associate-editor-and-columnist|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

From 1995 to 1998, he worked as Newsday's Middle East bureau chief based in Jerusalem.{{Cite web|last=Klein|first=Amy|date=2008-02-01|title=Keeping it fair and balanced at the Los Angeles Times|url=https://jewishjournal.com/community/16062/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Jewish Journal|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|date=2004-07-06|title=An Evening with Amy Wilentz and Nick Goldberg {{!}} The Takeaway|url=https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2004/07/06/an-evening-with-amy-wilentz-and-nick-goldberg/events/the-takeaway/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Zócalo Public Square|language=en-US}} While in this position, he covered the Israeli-Palestinian peace process;{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=1996-02-28|title='Hostage to Hamas': Peres' peace referendum falls prey to bombings|work=Newsday: Nassau and Suffolk edition|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278949537|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|278949537}} }} presidential elections in Iran;{{Cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=1997-06-10|title=Many Iranians no longer view U.S. as 'Great Satan', election outcomes confirms moderate trend|work=Special from Newsday|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/424893832|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|424893832}} }} arms monitoring in Iraq; famine in Sudan; civil war in Algeria; war in Lebanon;{{Cite news|last1=Goldberg|first1=Nicholas|last2=Middle East Correspondent|date=1996-04-27|title=Raids on Lebanon: The smoke lingers|work=Newsday: Nassau and Suffolk edition|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278903633|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|278903633}} }} and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web|date=2014-03-26|title=Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist|url=https://www.latimes.com/about/lat-nicholas-goldberg-associate-editor-and-columnist|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

Between 1999 and 2002, Goldberg served as a director of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates and then as senior Vice President of Benenson Strategy Group conducting polls, focus groups, and other strategic research for political candidates, not-for-profit organizations, and corporations.{{Cite web|date=2014-03-26|title=Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist|url=https://www.latimes.com/about/lat-nicholas-goldberg-associate-editor-and-columnist|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

He was hired by The Los Angeles Times in 2002 to be editor of the op-ed page. He became deputy editorial page editor in 2008.{{Cite web|date=2008-10-21|title=Los Angeles Times Announces Masthead Changes|url=https://www.latimes.com/la-mediacenter-2008-1021-story.html|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} A year later, he was named editor of the editorial pages.{{Cite web|date=2009-09-24|title=Nicholas Goldberg Appointed Los Angeles Times Editorial Pages Editor|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090924005997/en/Nicholas-Goldberg-Appointed-Los-Angeles-Times-Editorial-Pages-Editor|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}} As editor, he oversaw the editorial board, letters, and the op-ed and Sunday opinion sections.

In 2020, he became an op-ed columnist and associate editor of the paper.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-01|title=Times announces promotions, new roles among newsroom management team|url=https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2020-04-01/times-announces-promotions-new-roles-among-newsroom-management-team|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

Goldberg is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.{{Cite web|title=Council on Foreign Relations|url=https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Council on Foreign Relations|language=en}} He also serves on the board of The Marshall Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit online journalism organization focusing on issues related to criminal justice in the United States.{{Cite web|title=Our People|url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/people|access-date=2020-10-20|website=The Marshall Project}}

He and his wife, the writer Amy Wilentz, live in Los Angeles.{{Cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Alexandra|date=2006-09-03|title=California Girl (Published 2006)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/books/review/california-girl.html|access-date=2020-10-20|issn=0362-4331}} He has three grown sons.

Goldberg's writing has been published in [https://www.latimes.com/people/nicholas-goldberg The Los Angeles Times], The New Republic, The New York Times, Vanity Fair,{{Cite magazine|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|title=DEATH AND BROTHERHOOD |magazine= Vanity Fair |date= December 1988|url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1988/12/death-and-brotherhood|access-date=2020-10-20|language=en-US}} The Nation, The Chicago Tribune{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=2020-09-25|title=Commentary: 1st debate will test Trump's claims about Biden's mental state|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-presidential-debate-biden-trump-20200925-mbj7sb6crbfitgqd47z2glkfdm-story.html|access-date=2020-10-20|website=The Chicago Tribune}}, The Seattle Times{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Nicholas|date=2020-05-08|title=Another resurrection story for the unsinkable Bibi Netanyahu|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/another-resurrection-story-for-the-unsinkable-bibi-netanyahu/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=The Seattle Times}}, The Sunday Times of London, and Washington Monthly, among other publications.{{Cite web|date=2014-03-26|title=Nicholas Goldberg — Associate Editor and Op-Ed Columnist|url=https://www.latimes.com/about/lat-nicholas-goldberg-associate-editor-and-columnistaccess-date=2020-10-30|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

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