Jonathan Swan

Jonathan Swan
Residence Washington D.C., US
Nationality Australian
Occupation Journalist
Employer The Hill
Parent(s)

Jonathan Swan is an Australian journalist, currently serving as a national political reporter for The Hill.

Swan has previously served as a national political reporter based in Canberra for Fairfax Media and political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald.[1][2] As a member of the Herald's reporting team in the Canberra Press Gallery, Swan was presented with the Wallace Brown Award in 2014 for most outstanding young journalist.[3][4] In 2014, before moving to the U.S., Swan became the youngest panelist on ABC's flagship Sunday political show, Insiders.[5]

Swan was the Australian selected in 2014 for the prestigious American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellowship. It involved moving to the United States for a yearlong political fellowship, during which he served on a congressional staff before returning to political journalism in 2015.[3] Swan joined The Hill on 24 August 2015 in Washington D.C. as part of their campaign team.[6][7]

In 2016, Politico named Swan one of its '16 breakout media stars' of the U.S. presidential campaign. The article described Swan as one of the few reporters singled out for attention by officials from both Republican and Democratic sides.[8]

Personal life

Swan is the son of journalist and radio producer Norman Swan.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jonathan Swan". Traveller. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Coyne, Brendan (17 July 2013). "Labor's Nakedgate: Here's the agency brief which got it sacked". AdNews. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Jonathan Swan , APSA Congressional Fellowship 2014". American Australian Association Limited. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fairfax journalist Jonathan Swan awarded prestigious Wallace Brown Young Achiever Award". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jonathan Swan youngest panelist on Insiders". 2014.
  6. ↑ Mullin, Benjamin (18 August 2015). "Career Beat: Jonathan Swan joins The Hill's campaign team". Poynter. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jonathan Swan Joins The Hill". Cision. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Swan breakout star". 2016.
  9. ↑ "Aussie named as a US political breakout star". Crikey. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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