Awards & Recognition
★Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story
★Peabody Award for Best Political Team on Television (CNN)
★Gracie Award for Outstanding Hard News Feature (2010)
★Gracie Award for coverage of 2008 presidential campaign (2009)
★Webby Award for News Not Noise in social video/politics (2021)
★Poynter Institute's Make a Mark Leadership Award (2025)
Notable Facts
→Former CNN Chief White House Correspondent during Obama administration
→Founded News Not Noise in 2018, generating eight-figure revenue
→950K+ Instagram followers, 1M+ subscribers across platforms
→Harvard graduate, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
→Speaking fees range $30K-$50K for keynote engagements
→Published author of novel 'Savage News' (2019)
→Interviewed multiple U.S. Presidents and First Ladies
→Senior Fellow at USC Annenberg School of Journalism
→Board member at Center for Public Integrity
→Located in Los Angeles, pioneering digital news transformation