Hunter Walker

Hunter Walker
Personal details
Born (1984-09-10) 10 September 1984 (age 40)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
WebsiteHunter Walker at Twitter

Hunter Walker (born September 10, 1984) is an investigative reporter and author from Brooklyn, New York City.[1]

Career

Walker has written for a variety of magazines and websites including Rolling Stone,[2] The New Yorker,[3] New York Magazine,[4] Vanity Fair,[5] The Atlantic,[6] the Village Voice,[7] National Geographic,[8] Columbia Journalism Review,[9] and Gawker.com.[10]

Walker is co-author with Luppe B. Luppen of The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party.[11]

Walker spent five years[12] at Yahoo! News where he was a White House Correspondent during the entirety of the Trump administration.[13] He has worked for several other news organizations as a reporter and editor covering politics including the New York Observer,[1] Business Insider,[11] and Talking Points Memo.[14]

During 2021 and 2022, Walker authored a Substack newsletter that was focused on the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[15] His coverage of the attack, which included live broadcasts from the scene at the U.S. Capitol[16] and a series of articles for Rolling Stone[2] has been widely cited[17][18][19] and was among the first reporting detailing planning efforts and communications between Mark Meadows, the Trump family,[20] members of Congress, and activists involved in attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.[21][22] In 2022, he co-authored a book with former Congressman Denver Riggleman titled The Breach.[23] The book details Riggleman's work on the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.

Before covering politics, Walker worked in Hollywood[24] where he was employed by The Daily and helped launch its gossip section with former Page Six editor Richard Johnson.[25] Walker also covered the television industry for the TheWrap.com.[26]

Walker has conducted exclusive interviews with several major political figures including Donald Trump,[27] Bernie Sanders,[28] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,[29] and Cory Booker.[30] He is a 2010 graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism.[31]

References

  1. ^ a b Stoeffel, Kat (2011-09-19). "The Observer Hires Hunter Walker". New York Observer. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ^ a b "Author Page: Hunter Walker". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  3. ^ "Contributor Hunter Walker". Conde Nast. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  4. ^ "Hunter Walker Author Archive". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  5. ^ "Vanity Fair Contributor Hunter Walker". Conde Nast. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  6. ^ "All Stories By Hunter Walker". Atlantic Media. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  7. ^ "Village Voice". Village Voice. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  8. ^ "Pizza Pilgrimage: Al Forno in Providence". Intelligent Travel. Archived from the original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  9. ^ "Hunter Walker - Columbia Journalism Review". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  10. ^ "Gawker". Gawker Media. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  11. ^ a b "Hunter Walker". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  12. ^ "POLITICO Playbook: Chuck Schumer's 51-vote gambit". Politico. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  13. ^ "Hunter Walker White House Correspondent". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  14. ^ "Two New TPMers". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  15. ^ "Covering The Uprising". Substack. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  16. ^ "What it was like to cover the deadly attack at U.S. Capitol". CBS News. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  17. ^ "Reporter who covered Capitol riot describes moment that haunts him". CNN. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  18. ^ "The Trump supporters who went from planning the Jan. 6 rally to aiding the riot probe". NPR. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  19. ^ "REPORT: JANUARY 6 ORGANIZERS THREW BACK CHAMPAGNE AND CHARCUTERIE AS THE CAPITOL WAS ATTACKED". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  20. ^ "The January 6 committee is seemingly moving toward recommending charges for Trump". Vox.com. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  21. ^ "Cori Bush and A.O.C. Are Right About Jan. 6 and 1866". New York Times. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  22. ^ "Rolling Stone Report Reveals GOP Lawmakers Worked on Insurrection". Cheddar. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  23. ^ "A new book's behind-the-scenes look at Congress' Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  24. ^ Pompeo, Joe (2011-07-14). "SUN, CELEBS, AND JACK DANIELS: A Day In The Life Of The Daily's Hunter Walker". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  25. ^ Pompeo, Joe (2011-11-19). "Rupert Murdoch's tablet tabloid gearing up for launch". Yahoo. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  26. ^ Alvarez, Alex (2010-05-10). "Hunter Walker Heads To The Wrap". Mediabistro. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  27. ^ "Donald Trump has big plans for 'radical Islamic' terrorists, 2016 and 'that communist' Bernie Sanders". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  28. ^ "BERNIE SANDERS WANTS DEMOCRATS TO MAKE UNIONS THEIR BIGGEST MESSAGE". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  29. ^ "The U.S. is 'headed to fascism,' says Ocasio-Cortez after tour of detention facilities at southern border". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  30. ^ "Is Cory Booker for real?". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  31. ^ Ruiz, Rebecca R. (2009-09-03). "Questioning the Return on Educational Investment". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-25.