Emmy-Nominated Political Journalist
John Harwood: Biography at a Glance
- John Harwood is an Emmy-nominated political journalist who has covered the White House, Congress, national politics, and the economy for America’s most prestigious news organizations.
- He has interviewed every president from George H.W. Bush to Joe Biden, and received an Emmy nomination for his hour-long live CNBC town hall with President Barack Obama.
- Having covered the top stories in Washington for CNN, The New York, and CNBC, no one is better equipped to interpret and explain the ups and downs of American elections and the intersection of politics and the economy.
- Harwood also shares his unique perspective on the challenges facing journalism and its role in our democracy.
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Biography
John Harwood, a Distinguished Fellow at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, has covered American politics for more than four decades. He has moderated two presidential debates and interviewed every president from George H.W. Bush to Joe Biden.
Past roles include political editor of the Wall Street Journal, Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC, and White House Correspondent for CNN. He also served as a political writer for the New York Times. He currently writes a weekly column, The Stakes, for the digital publication Zeteo.
For the Wall Street Journal, Harwood covered the first Bush White House, President Bill Clinton’s agenda in Congress, and four presidential campaigns. He was part of the Journal’s team covering the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
For the New York Times and CNBC, he chronicled the financial crisis and Great Recession, including the first 2009 television interview of Obama as he prepared to enter the presidency that January. He moderated Republican presidential debates during the 2012 and 2016 campaigns.
For CNN, Harwood covered the tumultuous final year of Donald Trump’s presidency and his 2020 election battle with Biden. He subsequently tracked the new chief executive’s attempt to fashion and navigate a post-Trump era.
No one is better equipped to interpret and explain the ups and downs of American elections and the intersection of politics and the economy. At this turbulent moment, a lifetime’s experience gives him a unique perspective on the challenges facing journalism and its role in our democracy.
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Moderating Your Panel With Energy, Humor And Insight
From conducting a live town hall with the sitting President to moderating campaign debates of those seeking the office, John Harwood has faced the brightest of American spotlights. Over the last three decades, he has been in conversation with a broad range of national leaders, from the White House to Wall Street, from Congress to Cabinet agencies. That’s ideal preparation for delivering lively and interesting on-stage events touching on politics, the economy, and the state of democracy. Instantly recognizable from his years on television, he asks the questions and draws out the insights that interest your audience - and he does it with energy and humor.
Journalism And Threat To Democracy
That 21st-century American journalism and democracy both find themselves in crisis is no coincidence. Economic and cultural changes have shredded the pool of commonly-accepted information and with it the credibility of media organizations among other institutions. As Jan. 6 demonstrated, a vast swath of the country angrily rejects plainly-visible facts about the nation’s elections. That creates a wrenching dilemma for the financially-fragile business of journalism - more bluntness, or more solicitousness toward its skeptics. In print and on television, conducting interviews and moderating presidential debates, John Harwood has been on the firing line and can help audiences understand the escalating challenges ahead.
The Current Political Moment
This is hardly the first time American politics have been bitterly divided. But it’s the first time it’s been bitterly divided in this way. Fundamental changes in economic opportunity are coinciding with accelerating shifts in the nation’s demography and culture; one party embraces those shifts, the other resists them. With insight, humor, and rich personal stories, John Harwood draws on decades of work for the most prestigious outlets in the media landscape to describe the unpredictable electoral outlook that the collision of forces has produced.
Washington And The Economy
America’s $17-trillion economy moves in rhythms all its own. But what happens in Washington - taxes, spending, regulations, interest rates - helps shape which businesses prosper, what workers earn, and whether jobs are plentiful. John Harwood, who has spent decades covering those issues in print for the Wall Street Journal and on television for CNBC, takes audiences through choices facing the White House, Congress and the Federal Reserve and how they matter for their pocketbooks.
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