Michael C. Bender

{{Short description|American writer and reporter}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Michael Bender

| birth_date = c. 1980 (aged c. 44)

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, United States

| alma_mater = Ohio State University

| party = Independent

| spouse = {{marriage|Ashley Parker|2018}}

| children = 1 daughter

}}

Michael Charles Bender (born {{circa}} 1980) is an American writer and a political correspondent for The New York Times.{{cite web |last1=Bender |first1=Michael C. |title=Michael C. Bender |url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-c-bender |website=The New York Times |access-date=25 July 2024 |location=New York, New York}}

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bender was educated at Ohio State University, where he graduated with a degree in history in 2000.{{cite web |title=Michael C. Bender |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/michael-c-bender/ |website=Hachette Book Group |date=3 May 2021 |publisher=Hachette Livre |access-date=25 July 2024 |location=New York, New York}}

Bender joined The Wall Street Journal in 2016. He was awarded the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency in 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://geraldrfordfoundation.org/journalism-award-prizes/|title=Journalism Award Prizes}} and a National Press Club Award in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Lester|first=Will|title=Reuters, VICE News, NBC win top awards in National Press Club journalism contest|url=https://www.press.org/newsroom/reuters-vice-news-nbc-win-top-awards-national-press-club-journalism-contest|website=National Press Club}} In 2021, he published his first book, Frankly, We Did Win This Election.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/09/frankly-we-did-win-this-election-review-donald-trump-hitler|title=Frankly, We Did Win This Election review: a devastating dispatch from Trumpworld|date=July 10, 2021|website=the Guardian}} The book covers the events that led to President Donald Trump's loss of the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.{{cite web |title="Frankly, We Did Win This Election" The Inside Story of How Trump Lost |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-c-bender/frankly-we-did-win-this-election/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media |access-date=25 July 2024 |location=New York, New York}} The book was an instant New York Times best seller.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/08/15/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/|title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction – Best Sellers – Books – Aug. 15, 2021 – The New York Times|work=The New York Times |via=NYTimes.com}}

He married journalist Ashley Parker, White House reporter for The Washington Post, in 2018.{{Cite news|date=June 17, 2018|title=Ashley Parker, Michael Bender|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/fashion/weddings/ashley-parker-michael-bender.html|access-date=2021-08-13|issn=}}