Mike Barnicle
| Mike Barnicle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Barnicle October 13, 1943 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Boston University |
| Alma mater | Boston University (1965) |
| Occupation | Journalist, commentator |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Website | mikebarnicle |
Michael "Mike" Barnicle (born October 13, 1943) is an American print and broadcast journalist, as well as a social and political commentator. He is a senior contributor and occasional guest host on MSNBC's Morning Joe. He is also seen on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and NBC's Today Show with news/feature segments. He has been a regular contributor to the local Boston television news magazine, Chronicle on WCVB-TV, since 1986. Barnicle has also appeared on PBS Charlie Rose, the PBS NewsHour, CBS's 60 Minutes, ESPN, and HBO sports programming.
The Massachusetts native has written more than 4,000 columns collectively for the New York Daily News (1999–2005), Boston Herald (2004–2005 and occasionally contributing from 2006 to 2010), and The Boston Globe, where he rose to prominence with columns about Boston's working and middle classes. He also has written articles and commentary for Time magazine, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, ESPN Magazine, and Esquire, among others.
Barnicle was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, grew up in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and graduated from Boston University in 1965. Barnicle appeared in a small part in the Robert Redford film The Candidate. While visiting Redford's "Sundance" home in Utah, Barnicle was asked to write a column in The Boston Globe, and his column ran for 24 years between 1973 and 1998.
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