Charles McDowell Jr. (journalist)
American political writer, syndicated columnist (1926–2010) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Rice McDowell Jr. (June 24, 1926 – November 5, 2010)[1] was a long-time political writer and nationally syndicated columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and panelist on PBS-TV's Washington Week in Review. McDowell appeared in an interview in Ken Burns' documentary The Congress;[2] provided the character voice for Sam R. Watkins in Burns' documentary The Civil War;[3][4] and provided character voice as well as consultation for Burns' documentary Baseball.[5] McDowell was a Washington and Lee University alumnus and a member of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.[6]