Hunter Walker Explained

Hunter Walker
Birth Date:10 September 1984
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Website:Hunter Walker at Twitter

Hunter Walker (born September 10, 1984) is an investigative reporter and author from Brooklyn, New York City.[1]

Career

Walker has written for a variety of magazines and websites including Rolling Stone,[2] The New Yorker,[3] New York Magazine,[4] Vanity Fair,[5] The Atlantic,[6] the Village Voice,[7] National Geographic,[8] Columbia Journalism Review,[9] and Gawker.com.[10]

Walker is co-author with Luppe B. Luppen of The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party.

Walker spent five years[11] at Yahoo! News where he was a White House Correspondent during the entirety of the Trump administration.[12] He has worked for several other news organizations as a reporter and editor covering politics including the New York Observer,[13] Business Insider,[14] and Talking Points Memo.[15]

During 2021 and 2022, Walker authored a Substack newsletter that was focused on the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[16] His coverage of the attack, which included live broadcasts from the scene at the U.S. Capitol[17] and a series of articles for Rolling Stone[18] has been widely cited[19] [20] [21] and was among the first reporting detailing planning efforts and communications between Mark Meadows, the Trump family,[22] members of Congress, and activists involved in attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.[23] [24] In 2022, he co-authored a book with former Congressman Denver Riggleman titled The Breach.[25] The book details Riggleman's work on the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.

Before covering politics, Walker worked in Hollywood[26] where he was employed by The Daily and helped launch its gossip section with former Page Six editor Richard Johnson.[27] Walker also covered the television industry for the TheWrap.com.[28]

Walker has conducted exclusive interviews with several major political figures including Donald Trump,[29] Bernie Sanders,[30] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,[31] and Cory Booker.[32] He is a 2010 graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Observer Hires Hunter Walker. Stoeffel. Kat. New York Observer. 2011-09-19. New York Observer. 2018-01-05.
  2. Web site: Author Page: Hunter Walker . 2022-05-21 . .
  3. Web site: Contributor Hunter Walker . 2022-05-21 . .
  4. Web site: Hunter Walker Author Archive . 2022-06-02 . .
  5. Web site: Vanity Fair Contributor Hunter Walker . 2022-06-02 . .
  6. Web site: All Stories By Hunter Walker . 2022-06-02 . Atlantic Media .
  7. News: Village Voice . 2011-05-25 . .
  8. Web site: Pizza Pilgrimage: Al Forno in Providence . https://web.archive.org/web/20100411073718/http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2008/05/pizza-pilgrimage-al-forno-in-p.html . dead . April 11, 2010 . 2009-05-24 . .
  9. News: Hunter Walker - Columbia Journalism Review . 2022-06-02 . .
  10. Web site: Gawker . 2011-05-25 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813005913/http://ca.gawker.com/people/hunterw/posts/ . 2011-08-13 .
  11. Web site: POLITICO Playbook: Chuck Schumer's 51-vote gambit . 2022-05-21 . Politico.
  12. Web site: Hunter Walker White House Correspondent . 2022-05-21 . .
  13. Web site: The Observer Hires Hunter Walker. Stoeffel. Kat. New York Observer. 2011-09-19. New York Observer. 2018-01-05.
  14. Web site: Hunter Walker. Business Insider. 2015-09-30.
  15. Web site: Two New TPMers . 2013-05-16 . .
  16. Web site: Covering The Uprising . 2022-05-21 . .
  17. Web site: What it was like to cover the deadly attack at U.S. Capitol . 2022-05-21 . .
  18. Web site: Author Page: Hunter Walker . 2022-05-21 . .
  19. Web site: Reporter who covered Capitol riot describes moment that haunts him . 2022-05-21 . .
  20. Web site: The Trump supporters who went from planning the Jan. 6 rally to aiding the riot probe . 2022-05-21 . .
  21. Web site: REPORT: JANUARY 6 ORGANIZERS THREW BACK CHAMPAGNE AND CHARCUTERIE AS THE CAPITOL WAS ATTACKED . 2022-05-21 . .
  22. Web site: The January 6 committee is seemingly moving toward recommending charges for Trump . 2022-05-21 . .
  23. Web site: Cori Bush and A.O.C. Are Right About Jan. 6 and 1866 . 2022-05-21 . .
  24. Web site: Rolling Stone Report Reveals GOP Lawmakers Worked on Insurrection . 2022-05-21 . .
  25. News: A new book's behind-the-scenes look at Congress' Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation . en . NPR.org . 2022-10-09.
  26. Web site: SUN, CELEBS, AND JACK DANIELS: A Day In The Life Of The Daily's Hunter Walker . 2022-05-21 . Pompeo . Joe . Joe Pompeo . 2011-07-14 . Business Insider .
  27. Web site: Rupert Murdoch's tablet tabloid gearing up for launch . 2011-05-25 . Pompeo . Joe . Joe Pompeo . 2011-11-19 . .
  28. Web site: Hunter Walker Heads To The Wrap . 2011-05-25 . Alvarez . Alex . Alex Alvarez . 2010-05-10 . Mediabistro .
  29. Web site: Donald Trump has big plans for 'radical Islamic' terrorists, 2016 and 'that communist' Bernie Sanders . 2022-05-21 . .
  30. Web site: BERNIE SANDERS WANTS DEMOCRATS TO MAKE UNIONS THEIR BIGGEST MESSAGE . 2022-05-21 . .
  31. Web site: The U.S. is 'headed to fascism,' says Ocasio-Cortez after tour of detention facilities at southern border . 2022-05-21 . .
  32. Web site: Is Cory Booker for real? . 2022-05-21 . .
  33. News: Questioning the Return on Educational Investment . 2011-05-25 . . Rebecca R. . Ruiz . 2009-09-03.

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