Carrie Budoff Brown

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Carrie Budoff Brown
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Carrie Budoff
Education Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)
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Carrie Budoff Brown is an American journalist and news editor. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Meet the Press on NBC News. [1] [2]

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She is the former editor of Politico . [3] She previously served as the managing editor of Politico Europe and as a White House correspondent at Politico. Prior to joining Politico, she worked as a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Hartford Courant . [4] [5]

Biography

Brown grew up in York, Pennsylvania. While attending Central York High School, she interned at the York Daily Record . [6] Brown later attended Rutgers University and graduated in 1998. She interned at The New York Times for one and a half years. [7] [6] She was a recipient of the 2012 Merriman Smith Memorial Award for Excellence in Presidential Coverage under pressure. [8]

In November 2016, she was named editor of Politico after several co-founders left to start a rival, Axios. In her new role, Budoff Brown oversaw investigations and stories that helped the publication "get its groove back" in 2017, according to Washingtonian. [9] She was later named one of "The 50 Most Powerful People In Trump's Washington" by GQ and as one of "The Most Powerful Women in Washington" by Washingtonian. [10] [11]

Budoff Brown in 2021 moved to NBC News where her "new role is often akin to an unofficial managing editor of NBC News Digital," and she recruited former colleagues from Politico, sparking a legal threat, according to the Daily Beast. [12]

In November 2023, Budoff Brown was named as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the International Center for Journalists, a non-profit dedicated to promoting journalistic integrity. [13]

Budoff Brown in March 2024 in a memo to staff announced the hiring of Ronna McDaniel as an on-air commentator, stating "It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team.” NBC's decision drew public criticism because McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair, refused to acknowledge Joe Biden was fairly elected as president in 2020. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Fischer, Sara. "Politico's top editor leaving for NBC". Axios.
  2. ↑ Moore, Thomas. "Top Politico editor Carrie Budoff Brown leaving for NBC News".
  3. ↑ "Carrie Budoff Brown". Politico.
  4. ↑ Ember, Sydney. "Carrie Budoff Brown to Succeed Susan Glasser as Politico Editor". New York Times. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ Gold, Hadas. "Carrie Budoff Brown named editor of POLITICO". Politico. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Rago, Gordon. "From York to Brussels: Covering a turbulent Europe". York Daily Record. USA Today Network. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  7. ↑ Alexander, Andrea (October 24, 2016). "New Politico Editor Traces her Career Success to Rutgers". Rutgers Today. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  8. ↑ "2012 WHCA JOURNALISM AWARDS". White House Correspondents' Association. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  9. ↑ "The Year in DC Media Stories | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. December 29, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  10. ↑ "The 50 Most Powerful People In Trump's Washington*". GQ. GQ. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ "The Most Powerful Women in Washington". Washingtonian. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ Cartwright, Zachary Petrizzo,Lachlan (April 5, 2022). "Politico Sics Lawyers on Boss Who Defected to NBC". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 11, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "NBC News' Carrie Budoff Brown Named Chair of ICFJ Board". icfj.org. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  14. ↑ "NBC hires former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, who has demonized the press and refused to acknowledge Biden was fairly elected". cnn. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
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