# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shana-alexander
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:22:40.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shana-alexander"
name: "Shana Alexander"
slug: "shana-alexander"
description: "Shana Alexander was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the \"Point-Counterpoint\" debate segments of 60 Minutes in the late 1970s with conservative James J. Kilpatrick."
tagline: "American journalist (1925–2005)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-10-06"
deathDate: "2005-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump