Margot Roosevelt (born Margot Roosevelt Barmine; August 13, 1950) is an American journalist who covers economic and labor news for the Los Angeles Times. She is a great-granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt.[1]

Margot Roosevelt
Born
Margot Roosevelt Barmine

(1950-08-13) August 13, 1950 (age 73)
Other namesMargot Hornblower
EducationLycée Français de New York
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
(m. 1969; div. 2000)
Children2
Parent(s)Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Alexander Gregory Barmine
RelativesSee Roosevelt family

Early life edit

Roosevelt is the daughter of Edith Kermit Roosevelt and Alexander Gregory Barmine;[2][3] Roosevelt's maternal grandfather is Archibald Roosevelt, a son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.[4]

She was educated at the Lycée Français de New York[5] and the École Française Internationale in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt also attended the University of Madrid, Spain and the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. She graduated from Harvard University (Radcliffe College)[6] with a degree in history.[7]

Career edit

Roosevelt's first newspaper job was at the Charlottesville Daily Progress in Virginia.[8] She was also a staff correspondent of the Washington Post for 13 years, during which time she was chief environmental correspondent for three years, congressional correspondent in Washington, D.C. for three years, and New York bureau chief for four years. She joined Time magazine in 1987, reporting from Time's Paris bureau from 1988 to 1994, when she moved to Los Angeles as National Correspondent for Time.[9]

In 2007, Roosevelt joined the Los Angeles Times as an environmental reporter. She was a 2010 National Center for Atmospheric Research Journalism Fellow[10] and 2010 Climate Media Fellow of the Earth Journalism Network.[11] In 2011, Roosevelt received the award for "Distinguished Science Journalism in The Atmospheric and Related Sciences" from the American Meteorological Society.[12]

Starting in 2012, Roosevelt covered economic news and the Southern California economy for the Orange County Register.[13] She returned to the L.A. Times in 2018.[14]

Personal life edit

In 1969, she was married to Ralph Hornblower III.[1] Before their divorce in 2000,[15] she was known as Margot Hornblower.[9][16][17] They have two sons.[7]

Roosevelt lived in Sherman Oaks, California in 2009.[18][8]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Margot Roosevelt is Wed in Capital". The New York Times. December 21, 1969.
  2. ^ "Miss Margot Roosevelt to Marry on Dec 20". The New York Times. August 3, 1969.
  3. ^ "Emily Allen, Samuel Hornblower". The New York Times. June 13, 2009.
  4. ^ schmoop.com, Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
  5. ^ "Class of 1968". Alumni Association of the Lycée Français de New York. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
  6. ^ "Radcliffe Class Officers". The Harvard Crimson. January 4, 1971.
  7. ^ a b "Margot Roosevelt". Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.
  8. ^ a b "Orange County Register Economy Reporter Margot Roosevelt | In the Green Room". Zócalo Public Square. June 13, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Time, "The Future of Life", Margot Roosevelt Archived December 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ National Center for Atmospheric Research, Bios for NCAR Journalism Fellows Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Earth Journalism Network, EJN 2010 Climate Media Fellowship for US Journalists Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "2011 AMS Award Recipients" (PDF). American Meteorological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2010.
  13. ^ "Margot Roosevelt". ocregister.com. Orange County Register. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  14. ^ "Margot Roosevelt". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  15. ^ "Cynthia Edmunds, Ralph Hornblower III". The New York Times. November 7, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
  16. ^ "Margot Hornblower - search results". Time. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.
  17. ^ "Margot Roosevelt - search results". Time. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.
  18. ^ "Emily Allen, Samuel Hornblower". The New York Times. June 13, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2018.