{"id":1801943,"date":"2023-01-11T08:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801943"},"modified":"2023-01-11T08:23:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:23:39","slug":"ny-times-political-writer-blake-hounshell-dies-at-44-of-apparent-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-political-writer-blake-hounshell-dies-at-44-of-apparent-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times Political Writer Blake Hounshell Dies at 44 of Apparent Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-times-political-writer-blake-hounshell-dies-at-44-of-apparent-suicide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1801943&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/original_nythouchel.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p> Blake Hounshell is a photographer. <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/the-demise-of-the-new-york-times-and-the-decline-of-truth\">New York Times<\/a> Political columnist, has been killed after an attack. \u201cbattle with depression\u201d At the age of 44.<\/p>\n<p>The paper&#8217;s staff was informed Tuesday by an email sent by <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/10\/new-york-times-columnist-blake-hounshell-dead-at-44\/\">The New York Post<\/a>The following was written by Joe Kahn, editor in chief, and Carolyn Ryan managing editor. They stated Hounshell \u201ctragically passed away\u201d From an apparent suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Hounshell, who joined in 2021 to the outlet, was described as &#8220;a very nice guy.&#8221; \u201c\u2026a dedicated journalist who quickly distinguished himself as our lead politics newsletter writer. He became an indispensable and always insightful voice in the report during a busy election cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve lost a valuable colleague and this is a heartbreaking loss to our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Hounshell\u2019s family shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/10\/business\/media\/blake-hounshell-dead.html\">The New York Times<\/a> read: \u201cIt was with great sorrow that we have to inform you that Blake has suddenly died this morning after a long and courageous battle with depression. His wife, Sandy, and two children are in our thoughts and prayers, and ask for respect and privacy at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hounshell, originally from Pittsburgh was a self-proclaimed &#8220;Pioneer.&#8221; \u201cpolitics junkie,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytco.com\/press\/blake-hounshell-is-joining-the-times\/\">According to The Times, the statement was written<\/a>\u00a0When they hired him. After studying Arabic in Cairo in Egypt, the 2002 Yale graduate became a journalist and was awarded the Livingston Award in 2011. He reported on the Arab Spring uprisings.<\/p>\n<p>The columnist authored the newspaper\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/blake-hounshell\">\u201cOn Politics\u201d Newsletter<\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/09\/us\/politics\/death-penalty-california-gavin-newsom.html\">His latest column is titled:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cDeath Penalty in California is a Puzzle for Newsom,\u201d was published on Monday on the paper\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Hounshell joined <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/1036-new-york-times-workers-threaten-walkout-over-wage-dispute\">The Times<\/a> After working 8 years, at <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/politico-reporter-out-of-a-job-after-smearing-pope-benedict-for-being-a-pedophile-the-day-after-he-died\">Politico<\/a> He was the managing editor of Washington politics.<\/p>\n<p>Hounshell was previously the managing editor for Foreign Policy magazine before joining Politico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Hounshell is a photographer. New York Times Political columnist, has been killed after an attack. \u201cbattle with depression\u201d At the age of 44. The paper&#8217;s staff was informed Tuesday by an email sent by The New York PostThe following was written by Joe Kahn, editor in chief, and Carolyn Ryan managing editor. 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