Carl E. Hulse (born October 19, 1954) is the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times and managing editor of First Draft, a political news stream and morning email newsletter.PBS profile for Carl Hulse His regular New York Times column "On Washington", described developments in Washington DC. His writing has also appeared online with MSN, MSN UK, MSN Canada, and CNBC, and in the Sydney Morning Herald, Albany Business Review, Boston.com, The Economic Times, American City Business Journals, and Miami Herald.MuckRack profile for Carl HulseNewspapers.com search for articles written by Carl Hulse shows 148,628 matches
Early life and education Hulse was born in Illinois on October 19, 1954, and raised in Ottawa, Illinois. His father, Carl E. Hulse Sr.,AncientFaces.com profile for Carl E. Hulse Sr. was a plumbing contractor after World War II, and his mother worked in their home after trying other work. In 1976, he received an undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from Illinois State University’s School of Communication, where as a student he was a news editor for The Vidette. In 2007, the newspaper admitted him to The Vidette Hall of Fame. Ten years later, in 2017, the school’s College of Arts and Sciences elected him to its Hall of Fame.Carl Hulse Bio Box. VidetteOnline. March 23, 20172016-2017 Inductees, Hall of Fame, Illinois State University
Career Immediately after his college graduation, Hulse worked for the News Tribune in LaSalle, Illinois-Peru, Illinois. Before relocating to Washington, D.C. in 1985, he spent the early years of his career working at newspapers in Illinois and Florida, The Daily Journal in Kankakee, Illinois, and the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.2016-2017 Inductees, Hall of Fame, Illinois State University
In 1985, Hulse began working at the Washington, D.C. bureau of The New York Times, and covered its regional editions, first as night editor working the 3 p.m. to midnight shift. He began covering Capitol Hill in May 2002. From 2011 to 2014, he was the Washington editor for the Times, coordinating its coverage of the White House and executive branch, Congress, the courts, and the Pentagon. For more than a decade he had served as the paper's chief Congressional correspondent.
As a political reporter, Hulse declares no political party. He appears occasionally on PBS's Washington Week program on Friday evenings.PBS profile for Carl Hulse
Personal life Hulse lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Kimberly Hamer Hulse, a longtime National Geographic employee.National Geographic Leadership. Kim Hamer Hulse. Vice President, Education Programs. National Geographic Society online website. They have two grown sons, Nicolas and Benjamin.Rothstein B. Thats Carl with a C and pulse with an H. The Hill.com. Published online 12/07/05 12:00 AM EST
Hulse is in a local band called the Native Makers, where he plays drums, maraca, and other percussion instruments; they have written a song called "This Town"Ball M. Politics: Just another night in this town: At the book party for Mark Leibovich, the irony threatens to engulf the ironist. July 25, 2013 and do musical entertainment on ocean cruises.
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Twitter account for Carl Hulse New York Times profile for Carl Hulse MuckRack profile for Carl Hulse, including a list of his articles PBS profile for Carl Hulse