Mary Katharine Ham

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Mary Katharine Ham
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Ham in 2016
Born (1980-04-05) April 5, 1980 (age 45)
Alma mater University of Georgia
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)
Jake Brewer
(m. 2011;died 2015)

Steve
(m. 2020)
Children4

Mary Katharine Ham (born April 5, 1980) is an American journalist and political commentator. She has worked as a contributing editor for Townhall and Hot Air , written for The Federalist , and served as a CNN contributor. In 2024, she rejoined Fox News as a contributor and also writes columns for the sports-and-commentary site OutKick. [1] [2]

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Career

Ham wrote for the Richmond County Daily Journal , Townhall.com where she was a columnist and managing editor, and The Washington Examiner . [3] Her video blog series for Townhall.com, HamNation, won a Golden Dot award for Best Vlog of 2006 from the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and her HamNation video, "Sopranos DC," was voted "Video of the Year" in the 2007 Weblog Awards. [4] The series ended in June 2008. [5]

Ham was a host of The Morning Majority (5–9 a.m., Monday–Friday) on WMAL (simulcast on 105.9 FM and 630 AM) in Washington, D.C., until March 5, 2012. [6]

She took part in ABC News’ Republican primary debate in Goffstown, New Hampshire, on February 6, 2016, posing questions alongside moderators David Muir and Martha Raddatz and WMUR’s Josh McElveen. [7] [8]

At the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference, she was presented with the American Conservative Union Blogger of the Year award. [9] [10]

In October 2022, Ham wrote that she had been quietly suspended by CNN for about seven months; media coverage at the time summarized her account, which followed criticism she had made of former CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin’s Zoom incident. She subsequently left the network. [11] [12]

In June of 2024 she joined Fox News as a contributor. She also works for Fox's sports and commentary site, OutKick. [13]

Ham co-hosts the news-and-culture podcast Getting Hammered with journalist Vic Matus, distributed by Nebulous; the show has released hundreds of episodes since 2021. [14] [15]

Personal life

Ham was married to Jake Brewer, a White House aide. [16] The couple married in 2011; two years later, Ham gave birth to their first child, a girl. [17] Brewer died from serious injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on September 19, 2015, while Ham was in her third trimester of pregnancy with their second baby. [18] Ham gave birth to their second child, a girl, in late 2015. [19]

She remarried on March 7, 2020, [20] to a man "who has no social media presence." [21] Ham has three daughters and a son. [22] [23]

Ham describes her political leaning as "primarily fiscal- and security-conscious conservative." [24]

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  2. "Mary Katharine Ham Joins Fox News as Contributor". Barrett Media. June 5, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  3. Patrick (May 27, 2008). "Katharine Ham LeavesTownHall.com For DCExaminer.com". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
  4. Kevin Aylward (November 11, 2007). "Video of the Year". The 2007 Weblog Awards. Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
  5. Mary Katharine Ham (June 6, 2008). "Last HamNation: Obama on Your Shoulder!". Townhall.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009.
  6. Rothstein, Betsy (March 5, 2012). "WMAL's Ham Abruptly Signs Off". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  7. "ABC News/WMUR/IJReview Republican Presidential Debate – Feb. 6, 2016". P2016. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  8. Plott, Elaina (March 26, 2017). "Mary Katharine Ham Is Not Here to Entertain You". Washingtonian. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  9. "ACU Announced Mary Katharine Ham as Blogger of the Year ..." The American Conservative Union. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  10. CPAC 2014 – Blogger of the Year Award – Mary Katharine Ham. YouTube. March 7, 2014. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  11. Jones, Kipp (October 6, 2022). "Conservative CNN Analyst Blasts Network, Claiming Zucker Secretly Suspended Her for Speaking Out About Toobin's Incident". Mediaite. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  12. "Mary Katharine Ham Claims CNN Suspended Her After Criticizing Jeffrey Toobin". Barrett Media. October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  13. "Media Relations | Fox News" . Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  14. "Getting Hammered". Nebulous Podcasts. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  15. "Getting Hammered – Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  16. "Mary Katharine's Husband JAKE BREWER on WMAL". YouTube. 2011. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  17. D., Sarah (June 7, 2013). "Fantastic news! Conservative superstar Mary Katharine Ham is expecting a baby". Twitchy Media. I make a joyous announcement on a wholesome late-night show.
  18. Balingit, Moriah; Siddiqui, Faiz (September 20, 2015). "'I lost part of my heart': Beloved White House staffer Jake Brewer mourned". The Washington Post .
  19. Joyella, Mark (November 30, 2015). "Mary Katherine Ham Gives Birth to Daughter". TV Newser.
  20. Staff (March 7, 2020). "Birthday of the day: Guy Benson, Townhall.com political editor, Fox News contributor and host of 'The Guy Benson Show'". Politico . Archived from the original on December 6, 2020.
  21. Ham, Mary Katharine (October 27, 2019). "Mary Katharine Ham Finds Love Again". alisonrosen.com (Interview). Interviewed by Alison Rosen. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020.
  22. 345 w/Mary Katharine Ham "The Moronic Inferno b/w Hammer of the Gods" (podcast). The Fifth Column. February 10, 2022. Event occurs at 3:05 o. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  23. Mary Katharine Ham: Welcome, Baby Cal, My Latest and Biggest Baby!, Substack, 2023/01/20
  24. Ryan Grim (June 3, 2007). "BlogJam: Hammin' it up". Politico .
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