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Alex Wagner
File:Alex Wagner.jpg
Wagner in December 2011
Born
Alexandra Swe Wagner

(1977-12-04) December 4, 1977 (age 46)
Washington, DC
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
OccupationTelevision journalist
Website@alexwagner

Alexandra Swe Wagner (born December 4, 1977)[1] is a journalist based in the United States. She is currently a political analyst and anchor of the daytime program Now with Alex Wagner on MSNBC.

Early life and education

Wagner grew up in Washington, DC and graduated from Brown University in 1999.[2][1] Her mother, Tin Swe Thant, is an immigrant from Rangoon, Burma.[1] Her father, Carl Wagner, is from Iowa, and is of German and Irish descent. Wagner was raised Roman Catholic, but doesn't follow the faith any longer. [3]

Career

Wagner has worked as the cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress.[4] From 2003 to 2007, she was editor-in-chief of The Fader magazine, covering music and cultural movements from around the world.[5] She also served as executive director of Not On Our Watch, an advocacy organization focused on mass atrocities and human rights violations.[5]

Wagner then became the White House correspondent for Politics Daily, a political news magazine under AOL News.[5] She moved to The Huffington Post after it was acquired by AOL.[6]

As an analyst on MSNBC, Wagner appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.[7]

Since November 14, 2011 Wagner has hosted Now with Alex Wagner weekdays at noon (ET) on MSNBC, a time slot previously hosted by Contessa Brewer. [8]

Political views

She has described herself as progressive[9] and believes that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution should be removed.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Goodman, Lizzy (April 19, 2012). "Politicool: Alex Wagner". Elle. Retrieved August 11, 2012. Wagner, who is 34 but looks 26, is young to have her own TV show..."I feel strongly about this as the first-generation American on my mom's side," Wagner says. (Her mother is from Burma, her father, Carl Wagner, from Iowa.)
  2. ^ "Now with Alex Wagner - Biographies". NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  3. ^ Interview with E. J. Dionne, MSNBC, 28 Feb 2013,17:06GMT
  4. ^ "Alex Wagner". Politics Daily. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "Alex Wagner". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  6. ^ Weprin, Alex (October 20, 2011). "Political Analyst Alex Wagner to Host New NoonET Show on MSNBC". TV Newser. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  7. ^ Alvarez, Alex (October 21, 2011). "MSNBC Analyst Alex Wagner Developing Her Own Noontime Show On The Network". Mediaite. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  8. ^ Knox, Merrill (November 11, 2011). "'Now With Alex Wagner' Debuts Monday on MSNBC". TV Newser. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  9. ^ Byers, Dylan (June 9, 2012). "MSNBC's Alex Wagner breaks the old mold". Politico.
  10. ^ "MSNBC's Alex Wagner: Get Rid Of Second Amendment". Real Clear Politics. Jan 11, 2013.
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