Jonathan Lemire
{{Short description|American journalist (born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jonathan Lemire
| image = Jonathan Lemire 2022 Texas Book Festival.jpg
| caption = Lemire at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|28}}
| birth_place = Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| education = Central Catholic High School
| alma_mater = Columbia University (BA)
| occupation = Anchor, Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire
| credits = MSNBC
Associated Press
Politico
| spouse = Carrie Melago
| children = 2
}}
Jonathan Lemire (born November 28, 1979) is an American journalist and political correspondent. He is currently a contributing editor to The Atlantic and was formerly the White House bureau chief of
Politico. He was the host of MSNBC's morning news show Way Too Early from 2021 through 2024. He shares hosting duties on MSNBC's Morning Joe{{Cite web|last=Cooke|first=Melissa|title=Jonathan Lemire joins POLITICO as White House Bureau Chief; Max Tani joins POLITICO's West Wing Playbook team|url=https://politi.co/3jyW0Go|access-date=2021-11-13|website=POLITICO|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Ted|date=2021-10-25|title=Jonathan Lemire To Host MSNBC'S 'Way Too Early', Join Politico|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/jonathan-lemire-way-too-early-msnbc-1234861677/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Lemire grew up in the Pawtucketville neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Susan (née O'Brien) and Robert C. Lemire Jr.{{Cite web|first=David |last=Perry |authorlink= |title=Journalist Shares the View from His Front Row Seat to History|website=University of Massachusetts Lowell|date=January 14, 2019 |url= https://www.uml.edu/news/stories/2019/lira-lemire.aspx |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Lemire-O'Brien wedding |newspaper=Lowell Sun|date=July 19, 1970 |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/marriage-clipping-jul-19-1970-4927762/ |via=Newspaperarchive.com|archive-url=| archive-date=}} His mother worked for the University of Massachusetts Lowell and his father was a high school teacher. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he was a record-setting runner for the school's track and field team, and earned a bachelor's degree in history from Columbia University in 2001.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-12|title=Reporting on the Trump Presidency, by an AP Insider|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/latest/talking-points/reporting-trump-presidency-ap-insider|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Columbia College Today|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Jonathan Lemire, Central Catholic/Columbia University track & field |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2014/12/14/catching-with-jonathan-lemire-central-catholic-columbia-university-track-field/qwiTcSjBSvXiDSEDfvFbRP/story.html|access-date=2021-11-13|work=The Boston Globe|language=en-US}}
Career
At Columbia, he wrote for the student newspaper, Columbia Daily Spectator,{{cite news |title=Jonathan Lemire |url=https://www.columbiaspectator.com/contributors/Jonathan-Lemire/ |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=Columbia Daily Spectator}} and later interned at the New York Daily News in 2001. Lemire said, "I was told that I would never be hired but I could stay on as an intern for another few months."{{Cite web|author=|title=BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the AP and political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News|url=https://politi.co/2rhQuMZ|access-date=2021-11-13|website=POLITICO|language=en}} A week later, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 occurred, and Lemire "was eventually brought on staff."{{cite news |last1=Lemire |first1=Jonathan |title=War hero's spirit fills a firehouse |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/war-hero-spirit-fills-firehouse-article-1.232908 |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=New York Daily News |date=February 3, 2007}} Lemire worked there for more than a decade.{{cite news |last1=Schultz |first1=Ray |title='Politico' Names Jonathan Lemire As Washington Bureau Chief |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/368081/politico-names-jonathan-lemire-as-washington-bur.html |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=MediaPost |date=October 25, 2021 |language=en}}
In 2013, Lemire joined the Associated Press,{{cite news |last1=Peltz |first1=Jennifer |title=Weiner faces growing calls to quit mayor's race |url=https://apnews.com/article/2dc92cb638504510a6544d649a874f07 |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=Associated Press |date=July 25, 2013 |language=en |quote=Associated Press writers Jake Pearson in New York and Stephen Olemacher and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report. ___ Reach Jonathan Lemire on Twitter at: @JonLemire}}{{cite news |last1=Dobnik |first1=Verena |title=Few details offered on quarantines over Ebola |url=https://apnews.com/abd42f3572ce42cda7d9552c34616c21 |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=AP NEWS |date=October 26, 2014 |language=en |quote=Associated Press writers Darlene Superville in Washington, D.C., Jonathan Lemire in New York and Bruce Shipkowski in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed to this story.}} where he covered New York City politics as well as Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's administrations.{{Cite web|last=Weprin|first=Alex|date=2021-10-25|title=MSNBC Taps Jonathan Lemire as Host of 'Way Too Early'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/msnbc-jonathan-lemire-way-too-early-1235036321/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}} He gained media attention for his news conference question to Trump about Russia's Vladimir Putin at their July 2018 Helsinki summit, "Who do you believe, Putin or U.S. intelligence?"{{Cite news|last=Ignatius|first=David|date=July 16, 2018|title='Who do you believe?' a reporter asked Trump. His answer was stunning.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/who-do-you-believe-a-reporter-asked-trump-his-answer-was-stunning/2018/07/16/dceb4bba-8931-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|last1=Lemire|first1=Jonathan|last2=Colvin|first2=Jill|title=Reporter's direct questions to Trump, Putin command center stage in…|url=https://leads.ap.org/best-of-the-week/ap-questions-trump-at-helsinki-summit|access-date=2021-11-13|website=AP Beats|date=27 July 2018 |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Corderoy|first=Julia|date=2018-07-16|title=Real hero of Trump-Putin Summit|work=news.com.au|url=https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/journalist-bravely-confronts-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin/news-story/125ad9ce1cc2a8377e6eeb34eae332e6|access-date=2021-11-13}}{{Cite news|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael M.|date=2018-07-16|title=TV Anchors Agape After the Trump-Putin Appearance|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/business/media/trump-putin-helsinki-cnn.html|access-date=2021-11-13|issn=0362-4331}} Lemire has also been a longtime political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-14|title=Jonathan Lemire|url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/jonathan-lemire|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Washington Week|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113225249/https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/jonathan-lemire|url-status=dead}}
In October 2021, MSNBC named Lemire as the new host of its early morning news show Way Too Early, taking over full-time reporting duties from Kasie Hunt. He remained there until 2024.{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2021-10-25|title=MSNBC Hands 'Way Too Early' to Jonathan Lemire|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/msnbc-jonathan-lemire-way-too-early-1235096703/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Variety|language=en-US}} He was also named White House bureau chief of Politico and began his duties in November 2021.{{Cite web|last=Razo|first=Eduardo|date=2021-10-26|title=Jonathan Lemire Leaves the AP to Join MSNBC, Politico|url=https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2021/10/26/jonathan-lemire-msnbc-politico/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Barrett Media|language=en-US}} He has been a frequent guest on such MSNBC programs as Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace and The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.
Works
- {{cite book|title=The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 |date=26 July 2022 |publisher=Flatiron Books |isbn=978-1-250-81963-5 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Lloyd |title=The Big Lie review: Jonathan Lemire laments what Trump hath wrought |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/31/the-big-lie-review-jonathan-lemire-trump-republicans-january-6-capitol-attack |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=the Guardian |date=31 July 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=THE BIG LIE |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jonathan-lemire/the-big-lie-election-chaos/ |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=May 24, 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Lozada |first1=Carlos |title=Opinion: The Inside Joke That Became Trump's Big Lie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/opinion/trump-big-lie-big-joke.html |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 September 2022}}{{cite news |title=The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020 by Jonathan Lemire|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250819628 |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=Publishers Weekly}}
Personal life
In 2008, Lemire married fellow journalist Carrie Melago, who is a managing editor of Chalkbeat.{{Cite news|date=2008-09-27|title=Carrie Melago, Jonathan Lemire|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/fashion/weddings/28MELAGO.html|access-date=2021-11-13|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|date=2014-01-07|title=2014's Media Power Couples|url=https://observer.com/2014/01/power-couples-2014/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Observer|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Carrie Melago Profile and Activity - Chalkbeat|url=https://www.chalkbeat.org/authors/carrie-melago|access-date=2021-11-13|website=www.chalkbeat.org}} They met while they were both working at The New York Daily News; the couple has two children.
References
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