Tara Palmeri (born September 1, 1987) is an American journalist. She is currently the Senior Political Correspondent for subscription news platform Puck.[3] Previously, she served as Chief National Correspondent at Politico[4] and host and chief investigative reporter of two Sony Music podcasts: "Broken: Seeking Justice" and "Power: The Maxwells". She previously worked for Washington Examiner and the New York Post and was a White House correspondent for ABC News.[5][6]
Tara Palmeri | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 1, 1987 New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American and Polish[1] |
| Alma mater | American University (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Employer | Puck |
| Agent | WME[2] |
Personal life
editPalmeri was born on September 1, 1987, in New York.[citation needed] She attended American University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Public Communication in 2008.[7][8]
Career
editPalmeri started her career at CNN as a news assistant in the D.C. bureau in 2009. She subsequently joined the Washington Examiner where she co-wrote a daily column called "Yeas & Nays".[8][9][10]
She moved to New York in 2010 when she was hired by the New York Post to write for the paper's Page Six gossip column.[11] She also worked as a general assignment reporter and covered stories including the John Edwards trial, the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, the 2012 Democratic and Republican National conventions and the Jovan Belcher murder-suicide. Palmeri then began covering politics as a New York City Hall reporter.
Politico hired her to cover European politics from Brussels in 2015.[12] After the 2016 presidential election, Politico had her come back to Washington as a White House reporter covering the Trump administration.[13] During her tenure, she broke exclusive stories, including one on White House staffers who failed FBI background checks, which led White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to call Palmeri "an idiot with no real sources."[14]
CNN announced in 2017 that Palmeri was hired as a political analyst for the network, while continuing to cover President Trump for Politico.[15] Palmeri was hired by ABC News as a full-time White House correspondent in October 2017.[16] From ABC News president James Goldston's memo on her hiring: "Tara is a tenacious reporter with a keen instinct for political scoops, and a thoughtful analyst of both politics and policy... Tara joins us at a time when news from Washington continues to dominate the news cycle and impact every aspect of our audience’s lives."[6]
Palmeri left ABC News and re-joined Politico to work as a co-author of its newsletter Playbook in 2021.[7] In 2022, Palmeri joined the journalism startup Puck.[3] At Puck, Palmeri broke the news that Nancy Pelosi would resign as Speaker of the House after the 2022 midterm elections.[17]
TJ Ducklo incident
editWhile at Politico, Palmeri's reporting led to a White House official resigning early in the Biden administration. According to Vanity Fair, White House Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo had threatened Palmeri, telling her he would "destroy her" if she published a story about his relationship with Alexi McCammond, an NBC, MSNBC and Axios reporter. Ducklo during a phone call also reportedly made "derogatory and misogynistic comments" towards Palmeri and accused her of being "jealous" of his relationship with McCammond.[18] On February 12, Ducklo was suspended without pay by the White House for one week.[19] The following day, Ducklo resigned from his White House position over the matter.[20]
References
edit- ^ https://www.offassignment.com/wids/elaina-plott-tara-palmeri [bare URL]
- ^ Sun, Rebecca. "CNN Taps Politico's Tara Palmeri As Political Analyst (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ a b Razo, Eduardo. "Tara Palmeri to Leave Politico, Will Join Puck". Barrett Media. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Wemple, Erik. "Some personnel news from Politico". Twitter. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ pompeo, joe (September 29, 2017). "ABC POACHES TARA PALMERI, A POLITICO RISING STAR". Vanity Fair.
- ^ a b Moraes, Lisa (October 5, 2017). "Tara Palmeri Joins ABC News As White House Correspondent". Deadline.
- ^ a b Beaujon, Andrew. "Politico Announces Its New Playbook Team". Washingtonian. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b Christine (25 September 2009). "Hellos & Goodbyes at Examiner's Yeas & Nays". Adweek. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Janet Donovan (12 July 2010). "Tara Palmeri Moves to Page Six". NBC Washington. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ Michael Wargo (11 August 2010). "Alumna's on Career Fast Track". American University. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ Chris Rovzar (22 June 2010). "'Page Six' Has a New Henchwoman: Tara Palmeri". Daily Intelligencer. New York Magazine. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Staffed-up POLITICO Europe to launch April 21". Politico Media. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ Grinapol, Corinne (14 November 2016). "Politico Adds Eliana Johnson, Moves Tara Palmeri to the White House Beat". Adweek. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Wemple, Erik. "Sean Spicer on Politico reporter: 'an idiot with no real sources'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Katz, A.J. (23 May 2017). "Politico's Tara Palmeri Joins CNN as Political Analyst". TVNewser. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ de Moraes, Lisa (5 October 2017). "Tara Palmeri Joins ABC News As White House Correspondent". Deadline. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ Ahmann, Tim; Heavey, Susan (2022-11-17). "Pelosi to pass leadership torch as top U.S. House Democrat -news website Puck". Reuters. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ Caleb Ecarma (February 12, 2021). ""I Will Destroy You": Biden Aide Threatened a Politico Reporter Pursuing a Story on His Relationship". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Brian Schwartz (February 12, 2021). "Biden spokesman suspended for a week after reportedly threatening reporter". CNBC. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Mai, H. J. (February 13, 2021). "White House Press Aide TJ Ducklo Resigns Over Threats Against Reporter". NPR. Retrieved February 14, 2021.