Peter Hamby

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Peter Hamby
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Born
Peter Lawrence Hamby

(1981-08-21) August 21, 1981 (age 40) [1] [2]
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education Georgetown University
New York University
University of Cape Town
OccupationJournalist
Years active2005–present
Parent(s)Bill Hamby
Tressa Hamby

Peter Hamby (born August 21, 1981) is an American political journalist. [2] He is the host of Good Luck America at Snapchat and a contributing writer for Puck News and Vanity Fair. [3] [4] He began his journalism career at CNN. Hamby has been described as an early adopter among political journalists of social media. [5] Hamby won an Emmy Award in 2012 for his role in CNN's Election Coverage and an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2017 for his political coverage on Snapchat. [6]

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Early life

He is the son of Bill Hamby, a television producer, and Tressa (Connolly) Hamby, a film editor and producer. [2] [7] Hamby was raised in Richmond, Virginia and attended Douglas S. Freeman High School. [2] He graduated in 2003 from Georgetown University and earned a master's degree in journalism from New York University in 2004. [2] He is brother to Michael and the late Patrick.

Career

CNN

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Hamby began his career at CNN in 2005 as a producer on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer . [2] He won multiple Emmy Awards at the network. In 2008, Hamby covered the presidential election for CNN, covering the primary in South Carolina and ultimately being embedded as a reporter covering the campaigns of Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Sarah Palin. [2] Hamby covered the 2012 presidential election as a political reporter for CNN, where he earned a reputation for repeatedly breaking stories about campaign politics. [2] Politico named him one of the "breakout reporters" of the 2012 campaign. [8] He won an Emmy Award as part of CNN's Election Night coverage in 2012.

In 2013, Hamby was named national political correspondent for CNN and CNN Digital. [2]

Harvard University Shorenstein Center

After the 2012 election, Hamby took a sabbatical from CNN to be a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. [2] While there, Hamby wrote a study titled “Did Twitter Kill the Boys on the Bus?” on the evolution of political reporting in the age of Twitter, which was widely discussed by political commentators and journalists. [9] [10] The Washington Post called it "the definitive work" on how political journalism has been re-shaped by technology. [11]

Snapchat

In April 2015, Hamby joined Snapchat as head of news to oversee the company's news coverage. [5] [12] Hamby is also the host of “Good Luck America,” Snapchat's first original show, focused on the 2016 presidential race, and later, politics in Donald Trump's America. [13] Since the show's launch, Hamby has interviewed Barack Obama, Anthony Fauci, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, Bernie Sanders, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Lindsey Graham, Rick Perry, Cory Booker, John McCain, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang and other political leaders and media personalities.

The show averages 5 million viewers per episode, and 75% of the viewers are under the age of 25. [14]

In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter named Hamby one of the 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media, calling him "a rare newsman reaching young consumers". [15]

Good Luck America won an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2017 for Excellence in Innovation. [16]

EMBEDS

Along with the writer Scott Conroy, Hamby is the co-creator of EMBEDS, a scripted comedy series about young reporters covering a presidential campaign. [17] The six-episode series ran on the go90 Network in 2016 and was executive produced by Conroy, Michael De Luca and Megyn Kelly. [18]

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