Maggie Haberman

{{Infobox person

| name = Maggie Haberman

| image = Pulitzer2018-maggie-haberman-20180530-wp.jpg

| caption = Haberman in 2018

| birth_name = Maggie Lindsy Haberman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|30}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = Sarah Lawrence College (BA)

| spouse = {{marriage|Dareh Ardashes Gregorian|2003}}

| relatives = Clyde Haberman (father)
Vartan Gregorian (father-in-law)

| children = 3

| awards = Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Aldo Beckman Award for Journalistic Excellence
Front Page Award

| years_active = 1995–present

}}

Maggie Lindsy Haberman (born October 30, 1973) is an American journalist, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, and a political analyst for CNN. She previously worked as a political reporter for the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and Politico. She wrote about Donald Trump for those publications and rose to prominence covering his campaign, first presidency, and inter-presidency for the Times.{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Gross |date=December 10, 2020 |title='It Is Roiling Him': Reporter Maggie Haberman Unpacks Trump's Refusal to Admit He Lost |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/944935318/it-is-roiling-him-nyts-maggie-haberman-unpacks-trumps-refusal-to-admit-he-lost |work=Fresh Air |publisher=NPR |access-date=October 10, 2022}} In 2022, she published the best-selling book Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.

Early life and education

Haberman was born on October 30, 1973, in New York City, the daughter of Clyde Haberman, who became a longtime journalist for The New York Times, and Nancy Haberman (née Spies), a media communications executive at Rubenstein Associates.{{cite news|title=Weddings/Celebrations: Maggie Haberman, Dareh Gregorian|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/style/weddings-celebrations-maggie-haberman-dareh-gregorian.html|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2016|date=November 9, 2003|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401033856/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/style/weddings-celebrations-maggie-haberman-dareh-gregorian.html|url-status=live}} At that firm, a "publicity powerhouse" whose eponymous founder has been called "the dean of damage control" by Rudy Giuliani, Haberman's mother worked for a client list of influential New Yorkers including Donald Trump.{{cite news|first=Rachael|last=Combe|title=Wanna Know What Donald Trump Is Really Thinking? Read Maggie Haberman|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a45485/maggie-haberman-new-york-times-trump-profile/|magazine=Elle|access-date=July 29, 2018|date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724104509/https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a45485/maggie-haberman-new-york-times-trump-profile/|url-status=live}} Haberman is a 1991 graduate of Ethical Culture Fieldston School, followed by Sarah Lawrence College where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1995.{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Calderone|title=New York Times Staffing Up For 2016 Election With Maggie Haberman Hire|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/politico-maggie-haberman_n_6443442.html|newspaper=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 11, 2016|date=January 9, 2015|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424040820/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/politico-maggie-haberman_n_6443442.html|url-status=live}}

Career

Haberman's career began in 1996 when she was hired by the New York Post.{{Cite news| url= http://www.thewrap.com/maggie-haberman/|title=How Tabloids Helped NY Times' Maggie Haberman Ace Trump White House|first=Brian|last=Flood|date=March 21, 2017|work=TheWrap|access-date=March 26, 2017|archive-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325175308/http://www.thewrap.com/maggie-haberman/|url-status=live}} In 1999, the Post assigned her to cover City Hall, where she became "hooked" on political reporting.{{Cite news| url= http://archives.cjr.org/campaign_desk/q_a_politicos_maggie_haberman.php|title=Q & A: Politico's Maggie Haberman|work=Columbia Journalism Review|first= Joel|last=Meares|date=September 2, 2010|access-date=March 26, 2017|archive-date= March 26, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170326225611/http://archives.cjr.org/campaign_desk/q_a_politicos_maggie_haberman.php|url-status=live}} Haberman worked for the Post{{'}}s rival newspaper, the New York Daily News, for three and a half years in the early 2000s, where she continued to cover City Hall. Haberman returned to the Post to cover the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign and other political races. In 2010, Haberman was hired by Politico as a senior reporter.{{Cite news| url= http://www.thewrap.com/politicos-senior-political-reporter-maggie-haberman-joins-new-york-times/|title=Politico's Senior Political Reporter Maggie Haberman Joins New York Times|first=Greg|last=Gilman|date=January 9, 2015|work=TheWrap|access-date=March 26, 2017|archive-date=May 11, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170511012650/http://www.thewrap.com/politicos-senior-political-reporter-maggie-haberman-joins-new-york-times/|url-status=live}} She became a political analyst for CNN in 2014.{{cite news|last1=Chotiner|first1=Isaac|title=The leakiest White House I've ever covered| url= http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/i_have_to_ask/2017/06/the_new_york_times_maggie_haberman_on_covering_donald_trump_s_leaky_white.html| access-date=August 22, 2017|work=Slate|date=June 29, 2017|archive-date= August 22, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170822030950/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/i_have_to_ask/2017/06/the_new_york_times_maggie_haberman_on_covering_donald_trump_s_leaky_white.html|url-status=live}}

Haberman was hired by The New York Times in early 2015 as a political correspondent for the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.{{cite news|first=Erik|last=Wemple|title=Maggie Haberman leaves huge hole at Politico, moves to New York Times| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/09/maggie-haberman-leaves-huge-hole-at-politico-moves-to-new-york-times/|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 11, 2016|date=January 9, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013451/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/09/maggie-haberman-leaves-huge-hole-at-politico-moves-to-new-york-times/|url-status=live}} According to one commentator, Haberman "formed a potent journalistic tag team with Glenn Thrush".{{cite news |url=http://forward.com/fast-forward/369775/maggie-haberman-hits-back-in-twitter-spat-with-trump-adviser-sean-hannity/ |newspaper=The Forward |title=Maggie Haberman Hits Back In Twitter Spat With 'Trump Adviser' Sean Hannity |first=Dave |last=Goldiner |date=April 23, 2017 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024354/https://forward.com/fast-forward/369775/maggie-haberman-hits-back-in-twitter-spat-with-trump-adviser-sean-hannity/ |url-status=live }}

Her reporting style as a member of the White House staff of the Times features in the Liz Garbus documentary series The Fourth Estate.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/06/the-fourth-estate-in-the-age-of-bad-faith/562838/ |title=The Humans of The New York Times |magazine=The Atlantic |first=Megan |last=Garber |date=June 15, 2018 |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180911022152/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/06/the-fourth-estate-in-the-age-of-bad-faith/562838/ |url-status=live }}

According to an analysis by British digital strategist Rob Blackie, Haberman was one of the most commonly followed political writers among Biden administration staff on Twitter.{{Cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Alex|last2=Meyer|first2=Theodoric|title=Biden 'is planning to run again' in 2024 |url= https://politi.co/3o2WnZ5|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=Politico |date=January 20, 2021 |language=en}}

= Reporting on Trump =

Haberman frequently broke news about the Trump campaign and administration.{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Ben|date=November 8, 2020|title=The Trump Presidency Is Ending. So Is Maggie Haberman's Wild Ride.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/business/media/trump-maggie-haberman.html |access-date=November 9, 2020|issn=0362-4331}} In March 2016 Haberman, along with New York Times reporter David E. Sanger, questioned Trump in an interview, "Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views," during which he "agreed with a suggestion that his ideas might be summed up as 'America First,"{{Cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/donald-trump-transcript.html | title=Transcript: Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views | newspaper=The New York Times | date=March 26, 2016 |url-access=limited}} a term first used in association with Trump in an Op-Ed by the former U.S. diplomat Armand Cucciniello.{{Cite web |last=III |first=Armand V. Cucciniello |title=Don't dismiss Trump on foreign policy: Column |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/11/donald-trump-foreign-policy-national-security-elections-2016-column/81586552/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

In October 2016, one month before Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election, a stolen document released by Guccifer 2.0 outlined how Clinton's campaign could induce Haberman to place sympathetic stories in Politico. However, contrary to the hopes of her campaign, subsequent stories by Haberman about Clinton were much more critical of her than they had hoped for.{{cite web |url=https://theintercept.com/2016/10/09/exclusive-new-email-leak-reveals-clinton-campaigns-cozy-press-relationship/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: New Email Leak Reveals Clinton Campaign's Cozy Press Relationship |first1=Glenn |last1= Greenwald |author-link=Glenn Greenwald |first2=Lee |last2=Fang |date=October 9, 2016 |website=The Intercept |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-date= August 22, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180822063003/https://theintercept.com/2016/10/09/exclusive-new-email-leak-reveals-clinton-campaigns-cozy-press-relationship/ |url-status=live }} Haberman was criticized for applying a double standard in her reporting about the scandals involving the two presidential candidates of the 2016 election. Haberman and The New York Times disproportionately covered Hillary Clinton's email controversy with many more articles critical of her than of the numerous scandals involving her competitor Donald Trump, including his sexual misconduct allegations,{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nate-silver-maggie-haberman-duke-twitter-over-clinton-184648406.html |title=Nate Silver and Maggie Haberman Duke it Out on Twitter Over Clinton Email Coverage |first1=Ashley |last1=Boucher |date=September 27, 2017 |website=yahoo.com |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018153148/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nate-silver-maggie-haberman-duke-twitter-over-clinton-184648406.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2017-09-11/why-the-medias-coverage-of-hillary-clintons-emails-still-matters |title=Why the medias coverage of Hillary Clinton's emails still matters |first1=Pat |last1=Garofalo |date=September 11, 2017 |website=usnews.com |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017012905/https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2017-09-11/why-the-medias-coverage-of-hillary-clintons-emails-still-matters |url-status=live }} with Taylor Link writing: "The NYT's White House reporter calls the Clinton campaign liars, but was hesitant to use that word with Trump."{{cite web |url= https://www.salon.com/2017/10/25/new-york-times-reporter-just-demonstrated-some-astonishing-false-equivalency/ |title=New York Times reporter just demonstrated some astonishing false equivalency |first1=Taylor |last1=Link |date=October 25, 2017 |website=Salon.com |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201012033322/https://www.salon.com/2017/10/25/new-york-times-reporter-just-demonstrated-some-astonishing-false-equivalency/ |url-status=live | quote=The NYT's White House reporter calls the Clinton campaign liars, but was hesitant to use that word with Trump. }}

She has been credited with becoming "the highest-profile reporter" to cover Trump's campaign and presidency, as well as "the most-cited journalist in the Mueller report". She has also been accused "from certain corners of the left as a supposed water carrier for the 45th president".{{cite news | last=Ellison | first=Sarah | title=Maggie Haberman and the never-ending Trump story | newspaper= The Washington Post | date=August 26, 2021 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/maggie-haberman-trump/2021/08/25/87374bbe-efbe-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.html | access-date=August 28, 2021}}

In 2022, Haberman published a book on the Trump presidency called Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. In advance of its release, CNN published an excerpt revealing that Trump planned to remain in the White House after his November 2020 election loss.{{Cite web |last=Herb |first=Jeremy |date=September 12, 2022 |title=Exclusive: 'I'm just not going to leave': New book reveals Trump vowed to stay in White House |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/politics/trump-vowed-to-stay-in-white-house-haberman-book/index.html |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=CNN}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/books/review/confidence-man-donald-trump-maggie-haberman.html|title='Confidence Man,' Maggie Haberman's Book on Trump: Review|work=The New York Times|date=September 28, 2022 |last1=Klein |first1=Joe }} A Guardian review of the book describes her as "the New York Times' Trump whisperer", and describes the book as "much more than 600 pages of context, scoop and drama....it gives Trump and those close to him plenty of voice – and rope."{{cite web | last=Green | first=Lloyd | title=Confidence Man review: Maggie Haberman takes down Trump | website=The Guardian | date=October 2, 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/02/confidence-man-review-maggie-haberman-donald-trump | access-date=October 2, 2022}} The book debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending October 8, 2022.{{Cite news |title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction - Best Sellers |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/10/23/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ |access-date=October 13, 2022 }}

= Awards and honors =

In 2018, Haberman's reporting on the Trump administration earned the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (shared with colleagues at the Times and The Washington Post),{{cite web|title=National Reporting|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/209|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508144753/https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/209|archive-date=May 8, 2019|access-date=August 23, 2018|website=The Pulitzer Prizes}} the individual Aldo Beckman Award for Journalistic Excellence award from the White House Correspondents' Association,{{cite web|title=2018 Winners| url= https://www.whca.press/awards/2018-winners/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927122812/https://www.whca.press/awards/2018-winners/|archive-date=September 27, 2018|access-date=August 23, 2018|website=White House Correspondents' Association}} and the Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year from the Newswomen's Club of New York.{{cite news|date=October 8, 2018|title=Times Wins Seven Front Page Awards|work=The New York Times Company|url=https://www.nytco.com/times-wins-seven-front-page-awards/|url-status=live|access-date=November 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009115525/https://www.nytco.com/times-wins-seven-front-page-awards/|archive-date=October 9, 2018}}{{cite web|date=November 8, 2018|title=The 2018 Front Page Awards| url= http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2018-award-recipients/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153356/http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2018-award-recipients/|archive-date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 26, 2022|work=Newswomen's Club of New York}}

= Criticism =

In January 2020, attorneys representing Nick Sandmann announced that Haberman was one of many media personalities they were suing for defamation for her coverage of the 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation.{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Cameron |title=CovCath students file 5 lawsuits over Lincoln Memorial incident |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/crime-and-courts/2020/02/19/covcath-students-sue-over-lincoln-memorial-tweets/4805603002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220232340/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/crime-and-courts/2020/02/19/covcath-students-sue-over-lincoln-memorial-tweets/4805603002/ |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |access-date=March 14, 2020 |website=Cincinnati.com |language=en}}

Journalists and authors criticized Haberman for allegedly choosing to withhold information about Donald Trump for the sake of her book, despite being aware of it ahead of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, although they presented no evidence of when she had learned of Trump's statements.{{Cite web |last=Ortiz |first=Andi |date=September 12, 2022 |title=NY Times' Maggie Haberman Criticized for Saving Trump Quote About Not Leaving White House for Her Book |url=https://www.thewrap.com/maggie-haberman-new-york-times-reporter-trump-book-backlash/ |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=TheWrap}} Her reporting has also been criticized for a passive slant favorable to the Trump White House.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/maggie-haberman-the-confidence-mans-chronicler#:~:text=Haberman%2C%20one%20of%20the%20main,at%20her%20paper%27s%20studious%20impartiality | title=Maggie Haberman, the Confidence Man's Chronicler | magazine=The New Yorker | date=January 7, 2023 | last1=Waldman | first1=Katy }}

Personal life

Haberman married Dareh Ardashes Gregorian in 2003. Gregorian is a reporter for the New York Daily News, formerly of the New York Post, and the son of academic and historian Vartan Gregorian. They have three children and live in Brooklyn.

Bibliography

{{cite book|first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman| author-mask1 = 1 |title=Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America|date=October 4, 2022 |publisher=Penguin Press|isbn=978-0593297346| oclc = 1296405532}}
{{cite book|title= Campaign trends and election law|publisher=H.W. Wilson|year=2016|isbn=9781682170670|oclc=960643787|chapter = Foul-mouthed and proud of it on the '16 campaign trail | author1-first=Matt |author1-last=Flegenheimer |author2-first=Maggie|author2-last=Haberman| author-mask2 = 1 }}
{{cite book |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=MacIntosh |first2=Jeane | author-mask1 = 1 |title=Held Captive: The Kidnapping and Rescue of Elizabeth Smart |date=2003 |publisher=Avon Books |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=9780060580209 |oclc=52599890}}