Jonathan Swan Explained

Jonathan Swan
Birth Date:1985 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Alma Mater:Sydney Grammar School
Occupation:Journalist
Employer:The New York Times
Children:2
Father:Norman Swan
Mother:Lee Sutton

Jonathan V. Swan (born 7 August 1985)[1] is an Australian and American[2] political reporter for The New York Times. He won an Emmy Award for his 2020 interview with then-U.S. president Donald Trump.[3]

Early life

Swan was born and raised in Australia.[4] He is Jewish.[5] [6] [7] Swan is the son of physician, journalist, and broadcaster Norman Swan.[8] He began his career at The Sydney Morning Herald and later moved to the United States and in 2014, held a yearlong fellowship with the American Political Science Association. He remained in the U.S. and resumed his career in journalism in 2015.[9]

Career

Swan joined The New York Times in 2023. He had previously covered the White House, Congress, and political campaigns for Axios. Swan worked at other publications in the U.S. and Australia, including The Hill and The Sydney Morning Herald.[10]

In August 2020, Swan conducted an interview with President Trump for Axios on HBO.[11] During the interview, Swan pointedly questioned and fact-checked numerous false, misleading, or bizarre statements as the President spoke them.[12] The New York Times media columnist Ben Smith wrote that Swan's was "perhaps the best interview of Mr. Trump’s term".[13]

Controversy

In March and April 2019, HuffPost and Wired reported that Axios had paid a firm to improve its reputation by lobbying for changes to the Wikipedia articles on Axios and Swan.[14] [15]

Recognition

As a member of the Sydney Morning Herald in the Canberra Press Gallery, Swan was presented with the Wallace Brown Award in 2014 for most outstanding young journalist.[16] [17] In 2016, Politico named Swan one of "16 Breakout Media Stars."[18] In 2020, The Jerusalem Post named Swan in its list of the world's 50 most influential Jews.[19] In 2021, Axios was awarded an Emmy Award in the Best Edited Interview category for "President Donald J. Trump - An Interview" by Jonathan Swan, who accepted the award.[20] The White House Correspondents' Association presented Swan the 2022 Aldo Beckman award for "overall excellence in White House coverage."[21]

Personal life

Swan married American reporter Betsy Woodruff of Politico on 14 September 2019. They have two children.[22] Swan became an American citizen in July 2024[23]

Notes and References

  1. News: Monday's birthdays . . 14 November 2018 .
  2. Web site: Swan . Jonathan . Thanks for all the kind notes, everyone. Was a very emotional day. Proud to be an American. . X (Twitter).
  3. News: Emmy Awards . 28 September 2021 .
  4. News: Farhi . Paul . A fast-rising journalist hits a speed bump with his latest scoop about Trump . 8 August 2020 . . 4 November 2018 .
  5. Web site: Matthew. Kassel. 25 November 2020. Jonathan Swan prepares to migrate to the Biden beat. 12 May 2021. Jewish Insider. en-US.
  6. Web site: Brinn. David. 20 September 2020. Jewish journalists make a difference in the world. 12 May 2021. The Jerusalem Post. en-US.
  7. Web site: Grisar. PJ. Jonathan Swan is the meme hero we need right now. 21 August 2020. The Forward. en-US. 4 August 2020.
  8. Web site: Aussie named as a US political breakout star . 7 November 2016 . 8 November 2016 . .
  9. Web site: Jonathan Swan. ussc.edu.au . 10 November 2020.
  10. News: Jonathan Swan NYT. New York Times. Times. New York. 10 November 2023. 10 November 2023.
  11. News: Axios’s Jonathan Swan is the latest interviewer to leave Trump grasping on TV. Washington Post. Barr. Jeremy. 4 August 2020. 10 November 2023.
  12. News: Journalist Jonathan Swan praised as 'hero' after cornering Donald Trump in car crash interview. Evening Standard. Roach. April. 4 August 2020. 4 August 2020.
  13. News: Smith . Ben . Journalists Aren't the Enemy of the People. But We're Not Your Friends. . 19 September 2020 . . 6 September 2020 .
  14. News: Feinberg, Ashley. Ashley Feinberg. 14 March 2019. Facebook, Axios And NBC Paid This Guy To Whitewash Wikipedia Pages. HuffPost. 17 May 2019.
  15. Cohen. Noam. Noam Cohen. 7 April 2019. Want to Know How to Build a Better Democracy? Ask Wikipedia. 17 May 2019. Wired.
  16. Web site: Jonathan Swan, APSA Congressional Fellowship 2014 . American Australian Association Limited . 12 August 2016 . 12 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812182816/https://www.americanaustralian.org.au/fellowship-recipients?id=62311 . dead .
  17. News: 20 May 2014 . Fairfax journalist Jonathan Swan awarded prestigious Wallace Brown Young Achiever Award . . 23 April 2015.
  18. Web site: Gold. Hadas. 6 November 2016. 16 breakout media stars of 2016. Politico. en. 1 June 2019.
  19. Web site: Brinn. David. JPOST 50 INFLUENTIAL JEWS. Jerusalem Post. en. 18 September 2020.
  20. Web site: ABC's 'The Shot: Race to the Vaccine,' CNN's 'The Death of George Floyd' Among News Emmy Winners. . 29 September 2021.
  21. Web site: 6 April 2022. WHCA ANNOUNCES 2022 JOURNALISM AWARDS. WHCA. en. 6 May 2022.
  22. Betsy Woodruff Swan. woodruffbets. 9 September 2020. A big hello to everyone from our brand new baby, Esther Jane Swan. 1303737030527135746. 5 November 2020. Twitter. en.
  23. Web site: Swan . Jonathan . Thanks for all the kind notes, everyone. Was a very emotional day. Proud to be an American. . X (Twitter).

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