Tim Alberta (born January 26, 1986) is an American journalist and author. He has written articles for ''The Hotline'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''National Journal'', ''National Review'', ''Politico'', and ''The Atlantic''.

Early life and education

Tim Alberta was born to parents Richard and Donna Alberta. With his family, he moved when he was five years old from New York state to

Brighton, Michigan Brighton is a city in Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,446. Brighton forms part of the South Lyon-Howell-Brighton Urban Area. It is one of two incorporated cities in Livingston County ...

, where his father had been named as pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Alberta graduated from Brighton High School in 2004 and from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

in 2008 with a degree in journalism and political science.

Career

After college, Alberta interned for the ''

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''; by 2017, he was an established journalist in Washington. He worked for the ''

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'' before joining ''

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'' and later ''

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''. In 2019, Alberta published his first book, ''American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of

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''. Shortly afterward, his father died, and upon returning to Michigan to attend the funeral, he was reprimanded by several members of his father's church who objected to his coverage of Trump; one congregant said Alberta was "part of an evil plot ..out to undermine God's ordained leader of the United States". Disturbed by this experience, Alberta began studying the relationship between American Evangelical Christianity and the radical right, which became the subject of his next book, ''The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism'', published in 2023.

Personal life

, Alberta lives in Michigan. He and his wife have three children.

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References

External links

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Articles at ''The Atlantic''
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