Jonathan Swan

Jonathan Swan (born 7 August 1985)[1] is an Australian journalist who works as a political reporter for Axios.

Jonathan Swan
Born (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985
Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationJournalist
EmployerAxios
Spouse(s)
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m. 2019)
Parents

Early life

Swan was born and raised in Australia.[2] He is Jewish.[3] Swan is the son of physician, journalist, and radio and television broadcaster Norman Swan;[4] his aunt and uncle are also Australian journalists[2]. In Australia, he entered the field of journalism in 2010. He then moved to the United States in 2013 for an academic fellowship at John Hopkins University and worked as a Congressional aide to Republican Senator Ed Royce.[5][2]

Career

Swan began his career as a national political reporter based in Canberra, Australia's capital city, for Fairfax Media and as a political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald.[6][7] He joined The Hill in August 2015 as part of their campaign team.[8]

Swan became a national political reporter for Axios in December 2016.[9] While at Axios, Swan broke several stories about the Trump administration.[2] Former Washington Post journalist Ronald Kessler claimed in his 2018 book The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game that Swan is among a handful of reporters to whom President Donald Trump feeds information, with instructions to attribute quotes to an unnamed White House official.[10]

Swan was the first to report that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate deal;[2][11] that Steve Bannon was about to be fired;[2][12] that Trump would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital;[2] and that Trump would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive action policy.[2] Swan broke the news that the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was retiring from Congress.[2]

In August 2020, Swan was praised for the manner in which he had conducted an interview with President Trump. During the interview, Swan pointedly questioned and fact-checked numerous false, misleading, or bizarre statements as the President spoke them.[13]

Recognition

For his reporting in the United States, as a member of the Sydney Morning Herald in the Canberra Press Gallery, Swan was presented with the Wallace Brown Award in 2014 for most outstanding young journalist.[14][15] In 2016, Politico named Swan one of "16 Breakout Media Stars."[16]

Personal life

He married an American reporter Betsy Woodruff of Politico on September 14, 2019. He intends to become an American citizen.[2][17]

References
  1. "Monday's birthdays". Politico. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. Farhi, Paul (4 November 2018). "A fast-rising journalist hits a speed bump with his latest scoop about Trump". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. https://forward.com/culture/452049/jonathan-swan-is-the-meme-hero-we-need-right-now/
  4. "Aussie named as a US political breakout star". Crikey. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. "Jonathan Swan's humiliation of Donald Trump sets a new standard for car crash interviews". inews.co.uk. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. "Jonathan Swan". Traveller. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  7. Coyne, Brendan (17 July 2013). "Labor's Nakedgate: Here's the agency brief which got it sacked". AdNews. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  8. Mullin, Benjamin (18 August 2015). "Career Beat: Jonathan Swan joins The Hill's campaign team". Poynter Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  9. "The Hill's Jonathan Swan Heads to VandeHei Startup Axios". Adweek. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  10. Price, Greg (4 April 2018). "Trump is a Leaker to Media as Anonymous Source for Good Coverage, New Book Claims". Newsweek. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  11. Swan, Jonathan (31 May 2017). "Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal". Axios. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  12. Nguyen, Tina (18 August 2017). "Steve Bannon Is Leaving the White House". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  13. Roach, April (4 August 2020). "Journalist Jonathan Swan praised as 'hero' after cornering Donald Trump in car crash interview". Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  14. "Jonathan Swan, APSA Congressional Fellowship 2014". American Australian Association Limited. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  15. "Fairfax journalist Jonathan Swan awarded prestigious Wallace Brown Young Achiever Award". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  16. Gold, Hadas. "16 breakout media stars of 2016". Politico. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  17. Swan, Betsy Woodruff. "Betsy Woodruff Swan". Politico.
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