Michelle Fields

{{short description|American political journalist|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Michelle Fields

| image = Michelle-fields.jpg

| caption = Fields in 2013

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|28|2016|5|23}}

| birth_place = United States

| occupation = Political journalist

| employer = The Huffington Post

|spouse = {{marriage|Jamie Weinstein|2017}}

| years active = 2011–present

| education = Pepperdine University (BA)

}}

Michelle Fields (born {{cn-span|January 19,|reason=Exact date not mentioned in source|date=September 2024}} 1987/1988){{cite news|last1=Rogers|first1=Katie|title=Ex-Breitbart Reporter Michelle Fields Moves to Huffington Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/business/media/ex-breitbart-reporter-michelle-fields-moves-to-huffington-post.html?_r=0|access-date=May 23, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 23, 2016|quote=Ms. Fields, 28...}} is an American political journalist who formerly wrote for The Huffington Post and was a reporter for Reason TV and Breitbart News, as well as a Fox News contributor. After graduating from college, Fields was hired as a reporter at The Daily Caller. She later became a correspondent for PJ Media. Fields is a former panelist on the Fox News program Cashin' In. In 2016, Fields accused Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of grabbing her arm at a press conference. At the time, Fields was a reporter for Breitbart, but resigned her position in March 2016, due to the organization's handling of the Lewandowski incident.

Early life and education

Fields was raised in the Los Angeles area and attended Calabasas High School in Calabasas, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302838-1|title=Q&A With Michelle Fields|work=C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-SPAN |date=November 30, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2012}} Fields is of partial Honduran descent, and is the daughter of television and film writer Greg Fields.

She studied political science at Pepperdine University, graduating in 2011.McKay Coppins, [https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/the-highs-and-lows-of-being-a-ris#.fddORpr9l Young, Pretty, and Political: The Highs and Lows of Conservative Media Stardom], Buzzfeed News (March 10, 2014). She served as the president of the Pepperdine chapter of Students For Liberty, a libertarian student organization.{{cite web |url=http://studentsforliberty.org/news/2011-sfl-awards-finalists/ |title=2011 SFL Awards Finalists |publisher=Students For Liberty |access-date=June 20, 2012 |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616082902/http://studentsforliberty.org/news/2011-sfl-awards-finalists/ |url-status=dead }}

Journalism career

File:Michelle-fields-side.png National Convention at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia.]]

Upon graduating from Pepperdine University in 2011, Fields gained national attention after having a confrontation with actor Matt Damon over teacher tenure reform.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/matt-damons-clash-with-libertarian-journalist-michelle-fields-on-education-is-a-viral-hit/2011/08/03/gIQAYMNisI_blog.html|title=Matt Damon's clash with libertarian journalist Michelle Fields on education is a viral hit|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 3, 2011 |access-date=February 17, 2012}} Fields films and edits her videos in a citizen journalism style.

Fields has appeared on CNBC, Sky News, Fox News, Hannity, The O'Reilly Factor, Fox and Friends First, Your World with Neil Cavuto, America's Newsroom, Fox and Friends, America Live with Megyn Kelly, Stossel, and Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld. Fields was featured in Details magazine as one of "the next wave of political pundits".{{cite web |url=http://www.details.com/blogs/daily-details/2012/10/meet-the-next-wave-of-political-pundits.html |title=Meet the Next Wave of Political Pundits: The Daily Details: Blog |publisher=Details |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025200923/http://www.details.com/blogs/daily-details/2012/10/meet-the-next-wave-of-political-pundits.html |url-status=dead }}

Fields later became a correspondent for PJ Media.{{cite news|last1=Chariton|first1=Jordan|title=Fox News Signs Michelle Fields as a Contributor|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/fox-news-signs-michelle-fields/240048|access-date=March 10, 2016|publisher=Ad Week|date=September 15, 2014}}

In 2012, Fields gave a TEDx talk on her career and the future of Internet journalism.{{cite web |url=http://michellefields.com/2012/09/12/ted-talk-michelle-fields/ |title=I will be giving a TED Talk in Miami |publisher=MichelleFields.com |access-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624180838/https://michellefields.com/2012/09/12/ted-talk-michelle-fields/ |url-status=dead }} In 2015, The Hill named her one of the 50 most beautiful people in Washington, D. C.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/50-most-beautiful/2015/249564-michelle-fields/ |title=Michelle Fields - 50 Most Beautiful 2015 |date=July 29, 2015 |work=The Hill|access-date=October 16, 2015}}

In September 2014, Fields became a contributor at Fox News.{{cite news|last1=Gold|first1=Hadas|author-link=Hadas Gold|title=Fox News adds Michelle Fields as contributor|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/09/fox-news-adds-michelle-fields-as-contributor-195513|access-date=March 10, 2016|publisher=Politico|date=September 15, 2014}}

In May 2016, Fields became a reporter at The Huffington Post. She published a book, Barons of the Beltway: Inside the Princely World of our Washington Elite, in June 2016. The book was quickly edited close to the time of release in order to include an accounting of Fields' incident involving the Trump campaign.

Fields is a former panelist on the Fox News program Cashin' In.{{cite news|last1=Gold|first1=Hadas|title=Fox News and Michelle Fields 'mutually agree' to re-evaluate weekly 'Cashin' In' appearances after Trump dispute|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/03/michelle-fields-bumped-from-fox-news-show-following-trump-dispute-220955|access-date=31 March 2016|publisher=Politico|date=March 17, 2016}}

=Allegations against Corey Lewandowski=

Fields filed a police report with the Jupiter Police Department in 2016 on March 11, alleging simple battery.{{cite news| first=Ravi |last=Somaiya| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/business/media/breitbart-journalist-files-police-report-alleging-battery-at-trump-event.html |title= Breitbart Journalist Files Police Report Alleging Battery at Trump Event| work=The New York Times | date=March 11, 2016}} Fields resigned from Breitbart News on March 13, 2016, citing the organization's handling of the matter.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michelle-fields-ben-shapiro-resign-from-breitbart_us_56e63e6ae4b0860f99d96d39|title=Breitbart Reporter, Editor Resign After Alleged Assault From Trump Campaign Manager|website=HuffPost|date=March 14, 2016|access-date=April 4, 2016}} On March 29, 2016, Lewandowski was charged with simple battery by the Jupiter Police Department, and turned himself in.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/politics/trump-campaign-manager-corey-lewandowski.html|title=Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's Campaign Manager, Is Charged With Battery| first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman|first2=Michael M.| last2= Grynbaum |date=March 29, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 29, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/politics/trump-campaign-manager-charged-with-simple-battery/index.html|title=Donald Trump's campaign manager charged with simple battery|publisher=CNN| first1=M.J.|last1=Lee|first2=Brian |last2=Stelter |first3= Sara |last3=Murray|date=March 30, 2016 |access-date=March 31, 2016| archive-date= March 30, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160330163009/http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/29/politics/trump-campaign-manager-charged-with-simple-battery/index.html | url-status=live}}

On April 14, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg filed court documents saying that his office would not prosecute Lewandowski. Prosecutors determined that "there was probable cause to make an arrest", and "the facts support the allegation that Mr. Lewandowski did grab Ms. Fields' arm against her will", but that "the evidence cannot prove all legally required elements of the crime alleged and is insufficient to support a criminal prosecution".{{cite news |first=Curt |last=Anderson |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_TRUMP_CAMPAIGN_MANAGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-04-14-13-46-32 |title=Prosecutor won't pursue battery charge against Trump aide |agency=Associated Press |date=April 14, 2015 |access-date=April 14, 2016 |archive-date=April 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424054655/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_TRUMP_CAMPAIGN_MANAGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-04-14-13-46-32 |url-status=dead }}

Personal life

Fields became engaged to Jamie Weinstein, senior editor of The Daily Caller, in late May 2016.{{cite web|last=Nguyen |first=Tina |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/exclusive-michelle-fields-is-not-done-with-donald-trump-just-yet |title=Exclusive: Michelle Fields Is Not Done with Donald Trump Just Yet |work=Vanity Fair|date=June 2, 2016 |access-date=June 11, 2016}} They married on June 24, 2017.{{cite web|url= https://www.instagram.com/p/BVxJev3BEXc/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BVxJev3BEXc |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=We're Married! |first=Michelle |last=Fields |date= June 25, 2017 |publisher=Michelle Fields Instagram account|access-date=July 31, 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.crateandbarrel.com/gift-registry/michelle-fields-and-jamie-weinstein/r5647723|title=Michelle Fields & Jamie Weinstein Wedding Gift Registry|website=Crate&Barrel|access-date=July 8, 2017|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071714/https://www.crateandbarrel.com/gift-registry/michelle-fields-and-jamie-weinstein/r5647723|url-status=dead}}