Jonathan Lemire | |
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![]() Lemire at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
Born | Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. | November 28, 1979
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 |
Spouse | Carrie Melago |
Children | 2 |
Jonathan Lemire (born November 28, 1979) is an American 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. [1] [2]
Lemire grew up in the Pawtucketville neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Susan (née O'Brien) and Robert C. Lemire Jr. [3] [4] His mother worked for the University of Massachusetts Lowell and his father was a high school teacher. [3] 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. [5] [6]
At Columbia, he wrote for the student newspaper, Columbia Daily Spectator , [7] 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." [8] A week later, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 occurred, and Lemire "was eventually brought on staff." [8] [9] Lemire worked there for more than a decade. [10]
In 2013, Lemire joined the Associated Press, [11] [12] where he covered New York City politics as well as Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's administrations. [13] 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?" [14] [15] [16] [17] Lemire has also been a longtime political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News. [18]
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. He remained there until 2024. [19] He was also named White House bureau chief of Politico and began his duties in November 2021. [20]
In 2008, Lemire married fellow journalist Carrie Melago, who is a managing editor of Chalkbeat. [21] [22] [23] They met while they were both working at The New York Daily News. The couple has two children. [8]
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
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.