Howard Kurtz

Howard Alan Kurtz (born August 1, 1953) is an American journalist and author best known for his coverage of the media. Kurtz is the host of Fox News Channel's Media Buzz program, the successor to Fox News Watch. He is the former media writer for The Washington Post and the former Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast. He has written five books about the media. Kurtz left CNN and joined Fox News Channel on July 1, 2013. 2Early life and education Kurtz was born to a Jewish family in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the son of Marcia, a homemaker, and Leonard Kurtz, a clothing executive. He is a graduate of the University at Buffalo (SUNY). In college he worked on a student newspaper, the Spectrum, becoming the editor his senior year. He then attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. 2Career After college, Kurtz went to work for the Record in New Jerse