Julia Ainsley

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Julia Edwards Ainsley is an American journalist currently working at NBC News as a senior correspondent based in Washington, D.C. covering the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for NBC News' investigation reports. [1]

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Early life and education

Edwards graduated in 2009 from Davidson College in North Carolina. [2]

In 2013 she worked at Thomson Reuters as a criminal justice correspondent and White House correspondent covering counterterrorism, immigration, and criminal justice reform from Reuters' Washington bureau. [3] [4] She then worked at NBC News from 2017 as a national security and justice reporter covering the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security. [3] [5] [6]

In 2022 Ainsley was promoted to homeland security correspondent, and covers the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security. [7] [8]

Personal life

Ainsley married Newman Ainsley, and the couple has two daughters. In 2019, while she was pregnant, she began to have a bout of morning sickness while she was on-air live on MSNBC giving a report, and it forced her to step off-camera before it was later revealed that she was expecting. [9] [10] In 2021, they had their second child. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "NBC News Author Julia Ainsley". NBC News.
  2. ↑ Pfeifer, Jay (March 25, 2019). "Sweating the Small Stuff: Q&A With Three Reporters Navigating Truth With Integrity | Davidson". www.davidson.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  3. 1 2 Ariens, Chris (August 3, 2017). "NBC News Adds to Investigative Team" . Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  4. ↑ Ainsley, Julia Edwards (February 11, 2017). "Border wall to cost $21.6 billion, take over three years to build". West Central Tribune.
  5. ↑ Ainsley, Julia (October 30, 2017). "Ex-Trump advisor George Papadopoulos pleads guilty in Mueller's Russia probe". NBC News. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ Ainsley, Julia (November 5, 2017). "Mueller has enough evidence to bring charges in Flynn Investigation". NBC News. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  7. ↑ Ahmed, Mariam (July 22, 2022). "NBC News appoints Ainsley homeland security correspondent". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  8. ↑ Ainsley, Julia (July 29, 2019). "Stephen Miller wants Border Patrol, not asylum officers, to determine migrant asylum claims". NBC News. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  9. ↑ Ainsley, Julia (10 September 2019). "How getting sick on live TV, 7 weeks pregnant, sparked a Know Your Value moment". MSNBC. September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  10. ↑ Breen, Kerry (6 January 2020). "NBC News reporter who was pregnant and got sick on air". TODAY. January 6, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  11. ↑ Campoamor, Danielle (17 November 2021). "NBC News correspondent Julia Ainsley welcomes second baby". TODAY. November 17, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
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