Summary
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.
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| Occupation | Journalist  |
| Website | https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/philip-rucker/ |
Early life and education edit
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]
Career edit
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.
Awards edit
- He was part of the Washington Post staff that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.[9]
- He was part of the Washington Post staff that won a 2017 special George Polk Award for "revealing ties between the Trump campaign and Kremlin-connected Russians that gave rise to the investigation into possible collusion during the 2016 election."[10]
- He and his Post colleague Ashley Parker shared the 2017 Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency.[11]
Bibliography edit
- A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America (2020) Penguin Press; ISBN 978-1-9848-7749-9; co-written with Carol Leonnig
- I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year. Engels 2021, ISBN 978-0593300626; co-written with Carol Leonnig
References edit
- ^ a b "Savannah's St. Andrew's School names Rucker as distinguished alumni". Savannah Morning News. October 18, 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Philip Rucker". Washington Week. August 3, 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ Byers, Dylan (January 29, 2014). "Phil Rucker promoted at Washington Post". Politico.
- ^ "Phil Rucker named National Editor of The Washington Post". Washington Post. July 26, 2023.
- ^ "Philip Rucker". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ Wertz, Jim (November 9, 2017). "There's Always a Next Thing". Erie Reader. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ Milliot, Jim (January 31, 2020). "'Stable Genius' Tops 'American Dirt' in Sales". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "NYTimes Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction". Madison Public Library. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "2018 Pulitzer Prizes: Journalism". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "2017 George Polk Award Winners". Long Island University. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Reporting on the Presidency 2017". Gerald R. Ford Foundation. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
External links edit
- Appearances on C-SPAN