Peter Hamby Biography
Peter Hamby is an American political journalist. He is the host of Good Luck America at Snapchat and a contributing writer for Vanity Fair. He began his journalism career at CNN. Hamby has been described as an early adopter among political journalists of social media. Hamby won a 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for his political coverage on Snapchat.
Peter Hamby Age
As of his age, Peter was born in 1980/1981. His age is between 37–38 years old. Hamby was born as Peter Lawrence Hamby.
Peter Hamby Family
He is the son of Bill Hamby, a television producer, and Tressa (Connolly) Hamby, a film editor, and producer. Hamby was raised in Richmond, Virginia.
Peter Hamby Education
The famous journalist attended Douglas S. Freeman High School. He graduated in 2003 from Georgetown University and earned a master’s degree in journalism from New York University in 2004.
Peter Hamby Career
CNN
Hamby began his career at CNN in 2005 as a producer on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. 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.
Hamby covered the 2012 presidential election as a political reporter for CNN, where he earned a reputation for repeatedly breaking stories about campaign politics.
Politico named him one of the “breakout reporters” of the 2012 campaign. 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.
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.
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. It was widely discussed by political commentators and journalists.
In addition, The Washington Post called it “the definitive work” on how political journalism has been re-shaped by technology.
Snapchat
In April 2015, Hamby joined Snapchat as head of news to oversee the company’s news coverage. 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.
Since the show’s launch, Hamby has interviewed Barack Obama, 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 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.
In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter named Hamby one of the 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media. He called him “a rare newsman reaching young consumers”. Not to mention, Good Luck America won an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2017 for Excellence in Innovation.
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. In addition, The six-episode series ran on the go90 Network in 2016 and was executive produced by Conroy, Michael De Luca, and Megyn Kelly.
Peter Hamby Wife
Talking about his personal life he hasn’t disclosed any information about his relationship status. After being famous he has still managed to keep a low profile. Moreover, There has been no report and rumors regarding his relationship with anyone. He is possibly single.
Peter Hamby Salary | Net Worth
Hamby earns an average salary from his career as a political journalist. Although he has not revealed to the media the actual figure of his salary. His estimated net worth is currently under review.
Peter Hamby Good Luck America
Good Luck America is a documentary-style original series from Snapchat about U.S. politics. It is produced by Snapchat and hosted by Snap’s head of news Peter Hamby, previously a national political reporter at CNN.
The first episode of the series was published in January 2016, and is now in its fifth season, reaching roughly 6 million viewers per episode. Not to mention, The show won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation in 2017.
Peter Hamby Joe Biden
When Democrats play it safe and “fall in line,” the results are devastating—as Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry made plain. If Biden wins the nomination next year, it will be because Democrats went with their heads, not their bleeding hearts. But Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign is a cautionary tale.
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Peter Hamby Vanity Fair
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