michael doyle

Phone: (202) 994-9553
Fax: (202) 994-5806
E-mail: mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com
Office: MPA 425

Expertise
Newspaper and magazine writing, legal affairs, state, local and federal government

Courses Taught
SMPA 110.10

Background
Michael has worked as a reporter in the Washington bureau of McClatchy Newspapers since 1988. He writes for the Sacramento, Modesto and Fresno Bee papers, and is the Supreme Court correspondent for the chain. In 2004, Syracuse University Press published his non-fiction book, "The Forestport Breaks: A 19th Century Conspiracy Along the Black River Canal." As a freelance writer, he has contributed to Slate, Washington Monthly, the Yale Law Report, California Journal and other periodicals. He has appeared on C-SPAN, CNN, Fox News, the BBC and other radio and television networks, and formerly hosted a public affairs radio program. He was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Yale Law School, and a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at Washington and Lee University and other colleges. He is also a volunteer firefighter/EMT with the Arlington County Fire Department.

Education
B.A., Oberlin College
M.S.L., Yale Law School
M.A., The Johns Hopkins University