Margaret Warner | |
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![]() Warner in 2011 | |
Born | Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S. | February 12, 1950
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and reporter senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Foreign Affairs |
Known for | PBS Newshour |
Spouse | John R. Reilly (1986–2008; his death) |
Margaret Garrard Warner (born February 12, 1950) is a former senior correspondent for The PBS NewsHour . Before joining the NewsHour in 1993, she was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal , The San Diego Union-Tribune , the Concord Monitor , and Newsweek .
In addition, Warner has appeared on PBS' Washington Week In Review and CNN's The Capital Gang and was co-host of the radio program America Abroad , which focused on international issues.
Margaret Warner is the daughter of Brainard Henry Warner III and Mildred Warner of Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is a graduate of the Holton-Arms School of Bethesda, Maryland, [1] and graduated from Yale University with a BA, cum laude, [1] in English in 1971. Her father was a partner in the Washington law firm of Ogilby, Huhn & Barr. Her mother, Mildred Warner, was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington. [1]
Warner is a great-granddaughter of the founder of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, which was consolidated into the Riggs National Bank. [1]
She was married to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, John R. Reilly, [1] until his death in October 2008. [2]
During the 1980s and 1990s, Warner worker as a reporter for Newsweek magazine. [1] [3]
Since 2006, Warner has compiled on-the-ground reports for the PBS NewsHour . Much of her reporting is low-budget [4] and covers civil liberties and politics in South Asia, China and Russia. [5] Between 2009 and 2013, she was one of the program's rotating group of co-anchors. [6]
She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a trustee of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, [7] and she serves on the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University. [8] [9]