Amy Holmes
Amy Holmes | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 1973 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (A.B) |
| Occupation(s) | News anchor, former Republican strategist |
| Employer | Mercury Radio Arts |
| Website | The Blaze |
Amy M. Holmes[1] (born July 25, 1973) is a news anchor, formerly on Glenn Beck's TheBlaze TV and a former host of TheBlaze's news discussion program Real News. In 2015, she began hosting Way Too Early, which airs week-days on MSNBC at 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time, as a lead-in to Morning Joe. She also has appeared as an independent political contributor for CNN and on Fox News, and has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher several times.[2]
Life and career
Holmes was born in Lusaka, Zambia, to an African father and a white American mother.[3][4] She was raised in her mother's native Seattle, Washington, after her parents divorced, when she was three.[3]
Holmes received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in economics from Princeton University in 1994. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She is an independent conservative.[2]
She has guest co-hosted The View[5] and co-hosted Fox News' Glenn Beck while Beck was on the road with his "Unelectable" show. She has also appeared on the HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher. She was an anchor of a morning radio program syndicated by the Washington Times newspaper called "America's Morning News". She has appeared with Cenk Uygur on MSNBC Live, and on Reliable Sources, Morning Joe, and Media Buzz.
After working for several years for Independent Women's Forum, from 2003 to 2006, Holmes wrote Senate floor statements for Bill Frist, a two-term United States Senator from Tennessee and Republican Majority Leader.[6]
References
- ^ "Association of Black Princeton Alumni". Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "CNN". cnn.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Amy Holmes Pt. 1 – The Q&A Cafe with Carol Joynt". YouTube. 31 December 1969. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Amy Holmes: Political Commentator". People Magazine. May 8, 2000. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Argetsinger, Amy; Roberts, Roxanne (November 28, 2006). "Hot Topics but No Heated Discussions As Amy Holmes Sits In on 'The View'". Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-04-27. (in The Reliable Source)
- ^ Baker, Scott; Stephans, Liz (August 10, 2011), Blaze Editor-In-Chief Scott Baker Sits Down with Blaze GBTV News Anchor Amy Holmes (podcast), The B-Cast with Scott Baker & Liz Stephans
External links
- Amy Holmes on "Politicking with Larry King"
- CNN Anchor profile
- Limpert, Ann; Graff, Garrett M. (July 1, 2006). "20 Fabulous Singles: Amy Holmes
They're smart, funny, successful, and available – for now". Washingtonian magazine. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-27.{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Beck, Glenn (August 9, 2011), GBTV names Amy Holmes new anchor for The Blaze (embedded video), GlennBeck.com
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- 1973 births
- CNN people
- African-American television personalities
- American political pundits
- American speechwriters
- Conservatism in the United States
- Employees of the United States Senate
- Journalists from Washington, D.C.
- Living people
- People from Lusaka
- People from Seattle
- Princeton University alumni, 1990–99
- American people of Zambian descent
- Zambian emigrants to the United States
- Zambian people of American descent
- New York Independents