Amanda Macias (born 1990) is an American journalist who reports on national security subjects for the financial news network

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Early life and education

Amanda Macias was born at

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, in

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. She grew up in a military family and has lived on U.S. Army installations around the world. She is a 2012 graduate of the

University of Missouri School of Journalism The Missouri School of Journalism, housed under the University of Missouri in Columbia, is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world. The school provides academic education and practical training in of journalism and strategic com ...

with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Finance. In 2020, she attended

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as a

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Career

In 2008, Macias worked as a general assignment news reporter and then anchor for

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affiliate

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in Columbia,

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. She later joined

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as a field producer in

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where she covered EU political institutions and

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. In 2013, she moved to

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and joined

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as a national security reporter. In 2016, Macias moved to

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, where she joined the national security team at CBS Radio. In 2018, Macias joined financial news network

as a national security reporter. In addition to national security, her beat includes the defense industry, State Department and the United Nations as well as the intelligence community.

Government investigation

Macias' source, a counterterrorism analyst, leaked classified intelligence reports to her and another journalist at NBC News according to federal prosecutors. The government referred to her as "Journalist 1" and Courtney Kube as "Journalist 2." NBC and CNBC are sister networks at NBCUniversal. The analyst, Henry Frese, pled guilty to agreeing to disclose classified information because it would support Macias' career and was sentenced to 30 months in prison but was released early.

Personal life

She lives in the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, D.C. and speaks three languages. In 2021, CNBC deemed Macias to be Hispanic.

References

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