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Swan began his career as a national political reporter based in [[Canberra]], Australia for [[Fairfax Media]] and a political correspondent for ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traveller.com.au/jonathan-swan-hvef2|title=Jonathan Swan|work=Traveller|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adnews.com.au/adnews/labor-s-nakedgate-here-s-the-agency-brief-which-got-it-sacked|work=AdNews|title=Labor's Nakedgate: Here's the agency brief which got it sacked|date=17 July 2013|accessdate=12 August 2016|first=Brendan|last=Coyne}}</ref> |
Swan began his career as a national political reporter based in [[Canberra]], Australia for [[Fairfax Media]] and a political correspondent for ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traveller.com.au/jonathan-swan-hvef2|title=Jonathan Swan|work=Traveller|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adnews.com.au/adnews/labor-s-nakedgate-here-s-the-agency-brief-which-got-it-sacked|work=AdNews|title=Labor's Nakedgate: Here's the agency brief which got it sacked|date=17 July 2013|accessdate=12 August 2016|first=Brendan|last=Coyne}}</ref> He joined ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' in August 2015 as part of their campaign team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poynter.org/2015/career-beat-jonathan-swan-joins-the-hills-campaign-team/366963/|title=Career Beat: Jonathan Swan joins The Hill’s campaign team|last=Mullin|first=Benjamin|date=18 August 2015|work=Poynter|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Swan became a national political reporter for ''Axios'' in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/the-hills-jonathan-swan-heads-to-vandehei-startup-axios/|title=The Hill’s Jonathan Swan Heads to VandeHei Startup Axios – Adweek|website=www.adweek.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref> While at ''Axios'', Swan broke several stories about the Trump administration.<ref name=":0" /> Former Washington Post journalist [[Ronald Kessler]] claimed in his 2018 book, ''The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game'', that Swan is among a handful of reporters to whom President Trump feeds information, with instructions to attribute quotes to an unnamed White House official.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Greg |title=TRUMP IS A LEAKER TO MEDIA AS ANONYMOUS SOURCE FOR GOOD COVERAGE, NEW BOOK CLAIMS |url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-leaker-media-book-coverage-871448 |accessdate=15 December 2018 |publisher=Newsweek |date=4 April 2018}}</ref> |
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He was the Australian selected in 2014 for the [[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. Swan joined ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' in August 2015 as part of their campaign team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poynter.org/2015/career-beat-jonathan-swan-joins-the-hills-campaign-team/366963/|title=Career Beat: Jonathan Swan joins The Hill’s campaign team|last=Mullin|first=Benjamin|date=18 August 2015|work=Poynter|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> |
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===Axios=== |
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⚫ | Swan became a national political reporter for ''Axios'' in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/the-hills-jonathan-swan-heads-to-vandehei-startup-axios/|title=The Hill’s Jonathan Swan Heads to VandeHei Startup Axios – Adweek|website=www.adweek.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref |
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Swan was the first to report that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate deal;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-is-pulling-us-out-of-paris-climate-deal-1513302661-012d814d-0762-474e-93c1-3c6c5a003514.html|title=Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2017-05-31|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> that Trump would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-to-recognize-jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israel-on-wednesday-1513307312-d4f01ef1-8bf9-4ed8-9a50-87892ef3f309.html|title=Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2017-12-01|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> and that Trump would end the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] executive action policy.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-seriously-considering-ending-daca-1513305064-dcc865ed-7e83-4348-9162-7316f8c1a487.html|title=Trump seriously considering ending DACA|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2018-08-24|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> On April 11, 2018, Swan broke the news that the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was retiring from Congress.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/paul-ryan-not-running-reelection-retirement-8b5c598b-bcdf-46ca-a7d9-7206c2f3fdb5.html?|title=Paul Ryan won't run for re-election|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2018-04-11|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> On October 9, 2018, he was the first to report that Trump had accepted the resignation of Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-nikki-haley-resignation-d25b64a9-264e-483a-a79b-ae8a48e367db.html|title=Scoop: Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2018-10-09|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> |
Swan was the first to report that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate deal;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-is-pulling-us-out-of-paris-climate-deal-1513302661-012d814d-0762-474e-93c1-3c6c5a003514.html|title=Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2017-05-31|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> that [[Steve Bannon]] was about to be fired<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/steve-bannon-leaving-white-house|title=Steve Bannon Is Leaving the White House|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=2017-08-18|work=The Hive|access-date=2018-11-15|language=en}}</ref>; that Trump would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-to-recognize-jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israel-on-wednesday-1513307312-d4f01ef1-8bf9-4ed8-9a50-87892ef3f309.html|title=Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2017-12-01|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> and that Trump would end the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] executive action policy.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-seriously-considering-ending-daca-1513305064-dcc865ed-7e83-4348-9162-7316f8c1a487.html|title=Trump seriously considering ending DACA|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2018-08-24|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> On April 11, 2018, Swan broke the news that the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was retiring from Congress.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/paul-ryan-not-running-reelection-retirement-8b5c598b-bcdf-46ca-a7d9-7206c2f3fdb5.html?|title=Paul Ryan won't run for re-election|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2018-04-11|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> On October 9, 2018, he was the first to report that Trump had accepted the resignation of Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-nikki-haley-resignation-d25b64a9-264e-483a-a79b-ae8a48e367db.html|title=Scoop: Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2018-10-09|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> |
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On September 24, 2018, he was the first to report that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had verbally resigned. The story was later updated to clarify that it was uncertain if the White House had accepted the resignation,<ref name=":2" /> though Swan also published the Rosenstein exit statement that the Justice Department sent to the White House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/full-justice-department-rod-rosenstein-statement-ed9ed9b2-3479-4202-ac15-b58f41b87dc5.html|title=Scoop: The DOJ's full Rod Rosenstein exit statement|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2018-09-25|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref> Swan later said he had given the resignation story unwarranted certainty'''.'''<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/business/media/jonathan-swan-axios-profile.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=&pgtype=Homepage|title=Another Trump Scoop, a Giddy Reaction and a Reporter Under Fire|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael|date=4 November 2018|work=New York Times|accessdate=4 November 2018|}}</ref> Other news outlets had more accurately reported that Rosenstein was considering a resignation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rod Rosenstein’s Job Is Safe, for Now: Inside His Dramatic Day|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-justice-department-trump.html|work=NY Times|date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> |
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He broke the news that [[Steve Bannon]] was about to be fired, and he was the first to report that [[Anthony Scaramucci]] would step in as communications director.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/steve-bannon-leaving-white-house|title=Steve Bannon Is Leaving the White House|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=2017-08-18|work=The Hive|access-date=2018-11-15|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/trump-expected-to-make-scaramucci-communications-director-1513388208-064eb1d4-1a84-4971-84b7-058c6d2d5ef3.html|title=Trump expected to make Scaramucci communications director|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=2017-07-20|website=Axios|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> |
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Swan has appeared on ''[[Morning Joe]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLPjqQ9rmWA|title=Reporter Swan: Find Me An Enthusiastic Rex Tillerson Advocate In White House {{!}} Morning Joe {{!}} MSNBC|last=|first=|date=2017-09-27|work=MSNBC|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> ''[[Special Report with Bret Baier]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://grabien.com/file.php?id=135027|title=Reporter Swan: Find Me An Enthusiastic Rex Tillerson Advocate In White House {{!}} Morning Joe {{!}} MSNBC|last=|first=|date=2017|work=Special Report with Brett Baier {{!}} Fox News|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/hardball/2017-08-24|title=Hardball with Chris Matthews, Transcript 8/24/17 Trump’s obsession with Russia.|work=MSNBC|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> and ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' since 2016, when he began reporting for ''Axios''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/jonathan-swan|title=Jonathan Swan|date=2017-06-01|work=Washington Week|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
Swan has appeared on ''[[Morning Joe]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLPjqQ9rmWA|title=Reporter Swan: Find Me An Enthusiastic Rex Tillerson Advocate In White House {{!}} Morning Joe {{!}} MSNBC|last=|first=|date=2017-09-27|work=MSNBC|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> ''[[Special Report with Bret Baier]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://grabien.com/file.php?id=135027|title=Reporter Swan: Find Me An Enthusiastic Rex Tillerson Advocate In White House {{!}} Morning Joe {{!}} MSNBC|last=|first=|date=2017|work=Special Report with Brett Baier {{!}} Fox News|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/hardball/2017-08-24|title=Hardball with Chris Matthews, Transcript 8/24/17 Trump’s obsession with Russia.|work=MSNBC|access-date=2018-11-14}}</ref> and ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' since 2016, when he began reporting for ''Axios''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/jonathan-swan|title=Jonathan Swan|date=2017-06-01|work=Washington Week|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
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In November 2018, Swan interviewed President Trump, who discussed wanting to end U.S. [[birthright citizenship]] though an executive order. Some journalists criticized Swan’s tone during the interview with President Trump, which aired on [[HBO]], as being overly deferential.<ref name="Grynbaum">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/business/media/jonathan-swan-axios-profile.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=&pgtype=Homepage|title= Another Trump Scoop, a Giddy Reaction and a Reporter Under Fire|work=New York Times|first=Michael|last=Grynbaum|accessdate=4 November 2018|date=4 November 2018}}</ref> A writer for the ''[[New York Times]]'' noted that Swan's journalistic style suggested that he favored access to people in power over holding them accountable.<ref name="Grynbaum"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://splinternews.com/jonathan-swan-is-a-bootlicker-1830095400|title=Jonathan Swan is a Bootlicker|work=Splinter|first=Libby|last=Watson|accessdate=4 November 2018|date=31 October 2018}}</ref> Bob Woodward of the ''Washington Post'' defended what he saw as the style's standard evidenced by the interview, noting that "walking that line of being tough but fair while also listening to the people you’re covering is a delicate one." On the other hand, the author of the November 4, 2018 article in the Washington Post noted that Swan had failed to advise viewers of the HBO program that the president cannot simply override the Constitution and that the president had erred when stating said that no other countries had birthright citizenship; more than 30 others do.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/business/media/jonathan-swan-axios-profile.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=&pgtype=Homepage|title=Another Trump Scoop, a Giddy Reaction and a Reporter Under Fire|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael|date=4 November 2018|work=New York Times|accessdate=4 November 2018|}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Farhi |first1=Paul |title=A fast-rising journalist hits a speed bump with his latest scoop about Trump |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-fast-rising-journalist-hits-a-speed-bump-with-his-latest-scoop-about-trump/2018/11/04/ff188572-deb8-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?noredirect=on |accessdate=7 November 2018 |publisher=The Washington Post |date=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/jonathan-swan-axios-hbo-trump-birthright-citizenship_us_5be08d89e4b04367a87f504a?ec_carp=6953813162966386920|website=HuffPost|date=November 9, 2018 |title=Leak: Axios Editor Concedes Problems With HBO ‘S**tshow’ But Assures Staff That Haters Are Just Jealous|accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref> |
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Born | August 7, 1985 |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Journalist |
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Jonathan Swan (born August 7, 1985)[1] is an Australian journalist, who works as a U.S. political reporter for AXIOS Media.
Early life
Swan was born and raised in Australia.[2] He is the son of journalist and radio and television broadcaster Norman Swan.[3]
Career
Swan began his career as a national political reporter based in Canberra, Australia for Fairfax Media and a political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald.[4][5] He joined The Hill in August 2015 as part of their campaign team.[6]
Swan became a national political reporter for Axios in December 2016.[7] While at Axios, Swan broke several stories about the Trump administration.[2] Former Washington Post journalist Ronald Kessler claimed in his 2018 book, The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game, that Swan is among a handful of reporters to whom President Trump feeds information, with instructions to attribute quotes to an unnamed White House official.[8]
Swan was the first to report that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate deal;[2][9] that Steve Bannon was about to be fired[2][10]; that Trump would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital;[2][11] and that Trump would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive action policy.[2][12] On April 11, 2018, Swan broke the news that the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was retiring from Congress.[2][13] On October 9, 2018, he was the first to report that Trump had accepted the resignation of Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.[14]
Swan has appeared on Morning Joe,[15] Special Report with Bret Baier,[16] Hardball with Chris Matthews,[17] and PBS NewsHour since 2016, when he began reporting for Axios.[18][2]
Recognition
For his reporting in the US, 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.[19][20] "In 2016, Politico named Swan one of its '16 breakout media stars' of the U.S. presidential campaign.[21]
References
- ^ "Monday's birthdays". POLITICO. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Farhi, Paul (4 November 2018). "A fast-rising journalist hits a speed bump with his latest scoop about Trump". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Aussie named as a US political breakout star". Crikey. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Jonathan Swan". Traveller. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Coyne, Brendan (17 July 2013). "Labor's Nakedgate: Here's the agency brief which got it sacked". AdNews. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Mullin, Benjamin (18 August 2015). "Career Beat: Jonathan Swan joins The Hill's campaign team". Poynter. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "The Hill's Jonathan Swan Heads to VandeHei Startup Axios – Adweek". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Price, Greg (4 April 2018). "TRUMP IS A LEAKER TO MEDIA AS ANONYMOUS SOURCE FOR GOOD COVERAGE, NEW BOOK CLAIMS". Newsweek. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Swan, Jonathan (31 May 2017). "Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal". Axios. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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(help) - ^ Nguyen, Tina (18 August 2017). "Steve Bannon Is Leaving the White House". The Hive. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ Swan, Jonathan (1 December 2017). "Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday". Axios. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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(help) - ^ Swan, Jonathan (24 August 2018). "Trump seriously considering ending DACA". Axios. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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(help) - ^ Swan, Jonathan (11 April 2018). "Paul Ryan won't run for re-election". Axios. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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(help) - ^ Swan, Jonathan (9 October 2018). "Scoop: Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation". Axios. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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(help) - ^ "Reporter Swan: Find Me An Enthusiastic Rex Tillerson Advocate In White House | Morning Joe | MSNBC". MSNBC. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Reporter Swan: Find Me An Enthusiastic Rex Tillerson Advocate In White House | Morning Joe | MSNBC". Special Report with Brett Baier | Fox News. 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Hardball with Chris Matthews, Transcript 8/24/17 Trump's obsession with Russia". MSNBC. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Jonathan Swan". Washington Week. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Jonathan Swan , APSA Congressional Fellowship 2014". American Australian Association Limited. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Fairfax journalist Jonathan Swan awarded prestigious Wallace Brown Young Achiever Award". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Gold, Hadas (6 November 2016). "16 breakout media stars of 2016". POLITICO. Retrieved 14 November 2018.