Jonathan Lemire

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Jonathan Lemire
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Lemire at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
Born (1979-11-28) November 28, 1979 (age 45)
Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education Central Catholic High School
Alma mater Columbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Anchor, Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire
Notable credit(s) MSNBC
Associated Press
Politico
SpouseCarrie Melago
Children2

Jonathan Lemire (born November 28, 1979) is an American journalist and political correspondent. He is currently a contributing editor to The Atlantic and was formerly the White House bureau chief of Politico. He was the host of MSNBC's morning news show Way Too Early from 2021 through 2024. He shares hosting duties on MSNBC's Morning Joe [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Lemire grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he was a record-setting runner for the school's track and field team, and earned a bachelor's degree in history from Columbia University in 2001. [3] [4]

Career

At Columbia, he wrote for the student newspaper, Columbia Daily Spectator , [5] and later interned at the New York Daily News in 2001. Lemire said, "I was told that I would never be hired but I could stay on as an intern for another few months." [6] A week later, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 occurred, and Lemire "was eventually brought on staff." [6] [7] Lemire worked there for more than a decade. [8]

In 2013, Lemire joined the Associated Press, [9] [10] where he covered New York City politics as well as Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's administrations. [11] He gained media attention for his news conference question to Trump about Russia's Vladimir Putin at their July 2018 Helsinki summit, "Who do you believe, Putin or U.S. intelligence?" [12] [13] [14] [15] Lemire has also been a longtime political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News. [16]

In October 2021, MSNBC named Lemire as the new host of its early morning news show Way Too Early , taking over full-time reporting duties from Kasie Hunt. [17] He was also named White House bureau chief of Politico and began his duties in November 2021. [18]

Works

Personal life

In 2008, Lemire married fellow journalist Carrie Melago, who is a managing editor of Chalkbeat. [23] [24] [25] They met while they were both working at The Daily News. The couple has two children. [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ Johnson, Ted (2021-10-25). "Jonathan Lemire To Host MSNBC'S 'Way Too Early', Join Politico". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Reporting on the Trump Presidency, by an AP Insider". Columbia College Today. 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  4. ↑ "Jonathan Lemire, Central Catholic/Columbia University track & field". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Jonathan Lemire". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the AP and political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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  8. ↑ Schultz, Ray (October 25, 2021). "'Politico' Names Jonathan Lemire As Washington Bureau Chief". MediaPost . Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Peltz, Jennifer (July 25, 2013). "Weiner faces growing calls to quit mayor's race". Associated Press . Retrieved 24 September 2022. Associated Press writers Jake Pearson in New York and Stephen Olemacher and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report. ___ Reach Jonathan Lemire on Twitter at: @JonLemire
  10. ↑ Dobnik, Verena (October 26, 2014). "Few details offered on quarantines over Ebola". AP NEWS . Retrieved 24 September 2022. Associated Press writers Darlene Superville in Washington, D.C., Jonathan Lemire in New York and Bruce Shipkowski in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed to this story.
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