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Joan Shorenstein
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “journalist for the washington post who died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 38”. Today it says “american journalist for the washington post and producer for cbs news”.
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Joan Shorenstein was a journalist for The Washington Post who died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 38.1 She was married to Michael Barone (pundit) , a senior writer for US News and World Report. In 1986, her parents donated $10 million to Harvard University to establish the The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy . It is currently run by Dr.2
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journalist for the washington post who died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 38
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american journalist for the washington post and producer for cbs news
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