Karen Tumulty Bio
Karen Tumulty is national political correspondent for The Washington Post. She joined the Post in 2010 from TIME Magazine, where she had held the same title. During her 15 
years at TIME, Tumulty wrote or co-wrote more than three dozen cover stories. She also held positions with TIME as congressional correspondent and White House correspondent. Before joining TIME in 1994, Tumulty spent 14 years at the Los Angeles Times. At the LA Times, she reported on Congress, business, energy and economics out of Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. Tumulty is a native of San Antonio, Texas, where she began her career at the now-defunct San Antonio Light. Tumulty holds a Bachelor of Journalism, with high honors, from the University of Texas-Austin and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She is married to Paul Richter, who covers the State Department for the Los Angeles Times. They have two sons, Nicholas and Jack.
“Tumulty’s work exemplifies the best of the prize–the way Robin would do it. The entry shows Karen’s skill to write about a range of political issues, deeply reported, in some cases analyzed, and in all cases really well written,” Maralee Schwartz.
“Great breadth of reporting, excellent looks at politics from ground level, marries politics and humanity,” Barbara Cochran.