Philip Rucker | |
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Occupation | Journalist |
Website | https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/philip-rucker/ |
Philip Rucker is an American reporter and author. He is currently the National Editor at The Washington Post, where he has been working since 2005.
Rucker is a 2002 graduate of the St. Andrew's School in Savannah, Georgia, where he was valedictorian. In 2017, the school gave him its Distinguished Alumni Award. [1] Rucker received a history degree from Yale University in 2006, where he worked for the Yale Daily News as a reporter and editor. [2]
He has worked at the Post since 2005. Initially covering a variety of beats, he became a White House correspondent and later served as the White House bureau chief from 2014 to 2023. [3] In 2023, he was promoted to national editor. [4] He covered the entire Trump administration for the Post, as well as Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. [5] He is also a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and a regular guest on PBS news shows. [1] Jim Wertz, the chairman of the Erie County Democratic Party, called him "one of Washington, D.C.'s most respected journalists." [6]
He is the co-author, with his Post colleague Carol Leonnig, of two best-selling books about the Trump administration. [7] [8] The first, A Very Stable Genius. is an insider account of the first three years of Trump's presidency. The second, I Alone Can Fix It, covers Trump's final year in office and its immediate aftermath.
Philip Rucker | |
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Occupation | Journalist |
Website | https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/philip-rucker/ |
Philip Rucker is an American reporter and author. He is currently the National Editor at The Washington Post, where he has been working since 2005.
Rucker is a 2002 graduate of the St. Andrew's School in Savannah, Georgia, where he was valedictorian. In 2017, the school gave him its Distinguished Alumni Award. [1] Rucker received a history degree from Yale University in 2006, where he worked for the Yale Daily News as a reporter and editor. [2]
He has worked at the Post since 2005. Initially covering a variety of beats, he became a White House correspondent and later served as the White House bureau chief from 2014 to 2023. [3] In 2023, he was promoted to national editor. [4] He covered the entire Trump administration for the Post, as well as Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. [5] He is also a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and a regular guest on PBS news shows. [1] Jim Wertz, the chairman of the Erie County Democratic Party, called him "one of Washington, D.C.'s most respected journalists." [6]
He is the co-author, with his Post colleague Carol Leonnig, of two best-selling books about the Trump administration. [7] [8] The first, A Very Stable Genius. is an insider account of the first three years of Trump's presidency. The second, I Alone Can Fix It, covers Trump's final year in office and its immediate aftermath.