John J. Miller | |
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Born | John Joseph Miller 1970 (age 53–54) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Genre | Non-fiction |
John Joseph Miller (born 1970) is an American author, journalist, educator and director of the journalism program at Hillsdale College. [1] He has been the national political reporter at National Review and has written for The Wall Street Journal and other publications. [1] He founded The College Fix, a conservative higher education watchdog.
Miller was born in Detroit, and raised in Michigan and Florida. He graduated from J. P. Taravella High School in 1988. Miller then attended the University of Michigan, where he was editor-in-chief of The Michigan Review, a conservative newspaper.
His first job was at The New Republic in Washington, D.C. After that, he worked for the Center for Equal Opportunity, then at The Heritage Foundation as a Bradley Fellow. [2] He wrote for Reason and became a contributing editor there. [1] In 1998, he joined National Review, where he continues to contribute to National Review Online. [1]
Miller founded The College Fix, a conservative-leaning website funded by the Student Free Press Association. [3]
In 2009, Miller self published the historical thriller novel The First Assassin. [4]
In 2011, HarperCollins published Miller's The Big Scrum, a book detailing safety reforms to American football initiated by President Theodore Roosevelt. [5]