Alex Wagner
Alex Wagner | |
|---|---|
| File:Alex Wagner.jpg Wagner in December 2011 | |
| Born | Alexandra Swe Wagner December 4, 1977 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Occupation | Television 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, attended Woodrow Wilson High School,[2] and graduated from Brown University in 1999.[3][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. [4]
Career
Wagner has worked as the cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress.[5] From 2003 to 2007, she was editor-in-chief of The Fader magazine, covering music and cultural movements from around the world.[6] She also served as executive director of Not On Our Watch, an advocacy organization focused on mass atrocities and human rights violations.[6]
Wagner then became the White House correspondent for Politics Daily, a political news magazine under AOL News.[6] She moved to The Huffington Post after it was acquired by AOL.[7]
As an analyst on MSNBC, Wagner appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.[8]
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. [9]
Political views
She has described herself as progressive[10] and believes that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution "does not tally on the same level as those other Constitutional rights".[11]
References
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Neal, Jill Hudson. "Alex Wagner: A Voice for All Things Now". Capitol File. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "Now with Alex Wagner - Biographies". NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ Interview with E. J. Dionne, MSNBC, 28 Feb 2013,17:06GMT
- ^ "Alex Wagner". Politics Daily. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Alex Wagner". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ Weprin, Alex (October 20, 2011). "Political Analyst Alex Wagner to Host New NoonET Show on MSNBC". TV Newser. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ Alvarez, Alex (October 21, 2011). "MSNBC Analyst Alex Wagner Developing Her Own Noontime Show On The Network". Mediaite. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ Knox, Merrill (November 11, 2011). "'Now With Alex Wagner' Debuts Monday on MSNBC". TV Newser. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
- ^ Byers, Dylan (June 9, 2012). "MSNBC's Alex Wagner breaks the old mold". Politico.
- ^ "MSNBC's Alex Wagner: Get Rid Of Second Amendment". Real Clear Politics. Jan 11, 2013.
External links
- Alex Wagner on X
- 1978 births
- Living people
- American people of Burmese descent
- American political journalists
- Brown University alumni
- MSNBC
- Political analysts
- The Huffington Post writers and columnists
- People from Washington, D.C.
- American magazine editors
- American human rights activists
- American people of German descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American television journalists
- American gun control advocates
- American progressives
- American Roman Catholics