Michael Fumento, is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C.
A biographical note in a report he co-edited states that Fumento graduated in 1985 from the University of Illinois College of Law. "He has been a legal writer for the Washington Times, editorial writer for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, and was the first "National Issues" reporter for Investors' Business Daily. Mr. Fumento was the 1994 Warren T. Brookes Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., a fellow with Consumer Alert in Washington, D.C., and a science correspondent for Reason magazine," the biographical note states.[1]
"Fumento has lectured on science and health issues throughout the nation and the world, including Great Britain, France, the Czech Republic, Greece, Austria, Hong Kong, China, and South America," the profile states.
According to a brief biographical profile supplied to the National Journalism Center Fumento attended a course in fall 1985 and has subsequently been "National Issues reporter, Investor's Business Daily, legal writer, Washington Times, editorial writer, Rocky Mountain News (CO), U.S. correspondent, A3 Umwelt (Austria)".
He has also previously held a number of positions with conservative think tanks including as fellow with the American Enterprise Institute and science advisor, Atlantic Legal Institute.
He has also written a number of books inlcuding:
- Science Under Siege
- The Fat of The Land
- Polluted Science
- The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS
According to his biographical note he has been published in New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Sunday Times of London, New Republic, Sunday Telegraph (London), Christian Science Monitor, Washington Monthly, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, American Outlook, Wall Street Journal, National Post (Canada), Chicago Tribune, American Spectator, USA Weekend, Tech Central Station, Commentary, Weekly Standard, Reason, Policy Review, National Review Online, Washington Times" and was a nominee for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors and "appeared on 20/20 and John Stossel Reports (ABC)". [2]
In an article published in the Idaho Statesman in December 1998, Fumento complained of "environmentalists' never-ending campaign against pesticides" and suggested that if pesticides were banned that "...we'll all be forced to eat expensive, ugly, shriveled-looking organic produce...".
Contact information
email: michaelf@hudson.org
External link
- Bonner Cohen, et al., ed., "The Fear Profiteers: Do 'Socially Responsible' Businesses Sow Health Scares to Reap Monetary Rewards?", February 2002, page 79.
- National Journalism Center, "Michael Fumento", accessed November 27, 2003.
- "City slickers off target in pesticide report", The Idaho Statesman, December 15, 1998.