Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Julie Hirschfeld Davis | |
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| Born | April 17, 1975 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, political commentator |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Known for | Congressional editor at The New York Times, political commentator for CNN |
Julie Hirschfeld Davis (born April 17, 1975) is a prominent American journalist who currently holds the position of congressional editor at The New York Times and serves as a political commentator for CNN. She has previously reported as a White House correspondent.
Early life
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Davis is the daughter of Janet (née Rubner) and Jimmy Hirschfeld. She attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City, where she took on the role of editor for The Fieldston News. In 1997, she graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Ethics, Politics and Economics.
Career
Davis launched her journalism career in 1998 with an internship at the Washington bureau of The Dallas Morning News. She worked as a senior writer covering Capitol Hill for Congressional Quarterly until 2002, after which she became a White House correspondent for The Baltimore Sun. Beginning in 2007, she reported on political affairs for the Associated Press, and in 2011, she joined Bloomberg.
In recognition of her reporting on the federal government's response to the 2008 financial crisis, Davis was honored with the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress in 2009. She joined The New York Times as a White House correspondent in 2014 during the lead-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, and was promoted to Congressional correspondent in 2018. Additionally, she frequently appears as a political analyst on CNN and has contributed to MSNBC.
Davis appeared in the 2018 Showtime documentary The Fourth Estate, which documented The Times' coverage throughout the first year of Donald J. Trump's presidency.
Together with Michael D. Shear, she authored Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration, published by Simon & Schuster in October 2019.
Personal life
In 2001, Davis married Jonathan Michael Davis at the Yale Club of New York City located in Manhattan. Her spouse is also an alumnus of Yale University, graduating magna cum laude.
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