Jonathan V. Swan (born 7 August 1985) is an Australian and American political reporter for ''

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''. He won an

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for his 2020 interview with then-U.S. president

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Early life

Swan was born and raised in Australia. He is Jewish and the son of physician, journalist, and broadcaster Norman Swan. The younger Swan began his career at The Sydney Morning Herald and later moved to the United States and in 2014, where he held a yearlong fellowship with the

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. He remained in the U.S. and resumed his career in journalism in 2015.

Career

Swan joined ''The New York Times'' in 2023. He had previously covered the White House, Congress, and political campaigns for ''

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'' and had worked at publications in the U.S. and Australia, including ''The Hill'' and ''

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''. In August 2020, Swan conducted an interview with President Trump for Axios on HBO. During the interview, Swan pointedly questioned and fact-checked numerous false, misleading, or bizarre statements as the President spoke them. ''

'' media columnist Ben Smith wrote that Swan's was "perhaps the best interview of Mr. Trump’s term."

Controversy

In March and April 2019, ''

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'' and ''

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'' reported that ''Axios'' had paid a firm to improve its reputation by lobbying for changes to the Wikipedia articles on ''Axios'' and Swan.

Recognition

As a member of the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' in the

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, Swan received the Wallace Brown Award in 2014 for most outstanding young journalist. In 2016, ''Politico'' named him one of "16 Breakout Media Stars." In 2020, ''

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'' named Swan in its list of the world's 50 most influential Jews. In 2021, Axios was awarded an Emmy Award in the Best Edited Interview category for "President Donald J. Trump: An Interview" by Jonathan Swan. The

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presented Swan the 2022 Aldo Beckman award for "overall excellence in White House coverage."

Personal life

Swan married American reporter Betsy Woodruff of ''

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'' on 14 September 2019. They have two children. Swan became an

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in July 2024.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swan, Jonathan Australian political journalists Australian expatriate journalists in the United States 1985 births Living people Australian people of Scottish-Jewish descent 21st-century Australian journalists The Sydney Morning Herald people People educated at Sydney Grammar School Jewish Australian journalists