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Jonathan Swan
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Swan in 2018
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| Born | 7 August 1985 Sydney, Australia
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| Alma mater | Sydney Grammar School |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The New York Times |
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Betsy Woodruff
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| Children | 1 |
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Jonathan Swan (born 7 August 1985) is an Australian journalist who works as a political reporter for The New York Times. He won an Emmy Award for his 2020 interview with then-US president Donald Trump.
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Early life
Swan was born and raised in Australia. He is Jewish. Swan is the son of physician, journalist and broadcaster Norman Swan. In Australia, he entered the field of journalism in 2010. He later moved to the United States, and in 2014 held a yearlong fellowship with the American Political Science Association before returning to journalism in 2015 and remaining in the U.S.
Career
Jonathan Swan is a political reporter who joined The New York Times in 2023. He previously covered the White House, Congress and campaigns for Axios. Swan previously worked at other publications, both in the U.S. and in his native Australia, including The Hill and The Sydney Morning Herald.
In August 2020, Swan conducted an interview with President Trump for Axios on HBO that became a global sensation. During the interview, Swan pointedly questioned and fact-checked numerous false, misleading, or bizarre statements as the President spoke them. The New York Times media columnist Ben Smith wrote that Swan's was "perhaps the best interview of Mr. Trump’s term".
Recognition
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. In 2016, Politico named Swan one of "16 Breakout Media Stars." In 2020, The Jerusalem Post 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, who accepted the award. The White House Correspondents' Association presented Swan the 2022 Aldo Beckman award for "overall excellence in White House coverage."
Personal life
He married American reporter Betsy Woodruff of Politico on 14 September 2019. They have one child. He has stated that he intends to become an American citizen.
