Barry Schweid (July 30, 1932 – December 10, 2015) was an American journalist. As a correspondent for the Associated Press (AP), he reported on politics and international diplomacy from the 1950s until his retirement in 2012.[1][2]
Schweid was born in New York City.[2] He attended Stuyvesant High School (class of 1949),[3] Columbia University (class of 1953), where he worked on the Columbia Daily Spectator,[3] and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1954).[2] After Columbia, Schweid worked in the U.S. Army as a public relations specialist before joining the AP.[2]
After his death, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement calling Schweid "an Associated Press legend and the longtime dean of the State Department press corps".[4]
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- ↑ Dunphy, Harry (December 10, 2015). "Barry Schweid, Legendary AP Correspondent, Dies at 83". http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8055b30c08c64ce5b7fca544806aa74c/barry-schweid-legendary-ap-correspondent-dies-83.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dunphy, Harry (December 10, 2015). "Barry Schweid, globe-trotting AP diplomatic writer, dies at 83". https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/barry-schweid-globetrotting-ap-diplomatic-writer-dies-at-83/2015/12/10/d6d1e4ac-9f62-11e5-8728-1af6af208198_story.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "15 Men Nominated To Top Spec Posts". April 3, 1952. p. 2. http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19520403-01.2.10&e=-------en-20--52312--txt-txIN-columbia-----#.
- ↑ "On the Passing of Barry Schweid"]. United States Department of State. December 10, 2015. https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/12/250539.htm.
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