# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-fineman
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:29:57.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-fineman"
name: "Howard Fineman"
slug: "howard-fineman"
description: "Howard David Fineman was an American journalist and television commentator. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Fineman covered nine presidential campaigns as a reporter, writer, and analyst. For 30 years, he drove Newsweek magazine's political coverage. At the height of the publication's influence, Fineman was its chief political correspondent, senior editor, and deputy Washington bureau chief. His \"Living Politics\" column was posted weekly on Newsweek.com. After his tenure at Newsweek, he was named global editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group."
tagline: "American journalist and author (1948–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tampa-20120830-001442.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1948-11-17"
deathDate: "2024-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.83
  momentum:             2.061328790459966
  historical:           5.492154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/howardfineman"
    handle:    "howardfineman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/howard.fineman"
    handle:    "howard.fineman"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2077273/"
    handle:    "nm2077273"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fineman"
    title: "Howard Fineman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "هوارد فينيمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fineman"
    title: "Howard Fineman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fineman"
    title: "Howard Fineman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fineman"
    title: "Howard Fineman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3621021"
    title: "Howard Fineman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump