Sandy Hume
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| Sandy Hume | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexander Britton Hume Jr. September 2, 1969 Washington D.C. |
| Died | February 22, 1998 (aged 28) Arlington, Virginia |
| Occupation | Journalist for The Hill |
| Family | Brit Hume, Rhoda Kim Schiller Hume, Virginia Hume |
| Notable credit(s) | The aborted 1997 coup by Rep. Bill Paxon against House Speaker Newt Gingrich |
Sandy Hume, born Alexander Britton Hume Jr., (September 2, 1969, Washington, D.C.—February 22, 1998, Arlington, Virginia), was an American journalist. A journalist for The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., Hume was the son of Brit Hume, then Fox News Channel's managing editor.
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[edit] Career
Hume broke the story of the aborted 1997 coup by Rep. Bill Paxon against Speaker Newt Gingrich. MSNBC commentator and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough says in his book, Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day, that he was Hume's source.
[edit] Death
Hume committed suicide in his apartment in Arlington, Virginia. In the months before his death, Hume, an alcoholic, had begun drinking again. The night before his suicide, Hume was jailed for drunk driving and tried to hang himself in the U.S. Park Police jail cell. He was evaluated at a psychiatric facility and released. He went home and took his life with a hunting rifle. He left a long note expressing shame at the previous night's events.[1][2]
[edit] Posthumous honors
The National Press Club honors Hume's memory with the annual Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tapper, Jake (March 13 - 19, 1998). "Suicide Watch". Washington City Paper. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=14598. Retrieved 2008-12-31. (Vol. 18, #11)
- ^ Kurtz, Howard (April 19, 2006). "Moving to the Right: Brit Hume's Path Took Him From Liberal Outsider to The Low-Key Voice of Conservatism on Fox News". Washington Post: p. C01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/18/AR2006041801943_pf.html. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ "National Press Club Journalism Awards" (PDF). National Press Club. p. 2. http://www.press.org/activities/programs/awards/2008_awards_form.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-01. "Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism"
