Joyce Purnick is an American columnist and journalist.
[1] In 1970, she started her career as a news clerk with the New York Post eventually rising to chief political writer.
[1] In 1994, she wrote the twice weekly Metro Matters column covering local New York topics.
[1] In 1997, she was named deputy editor of the Metro department, the paper's largest section and the first woman to do so.
[1] Purnick is married to writer and former New York Times executive editor, Max Frankel.