Zach Everson is an American journalist best known for his 1100 Pennsylvania newsletter that reports on Donald Trump’s alleged use of his presidency for personal gain.[1] Everson was previously a travel and food writer.[2]
Zach Everson | |
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| Personal details | |
| Occupation | Reporter |
| Awards | Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers |
| Website | 1100pennsylvania |
Career
editEverson has reported about the Trump Organization for publications including Vanity Fair,[3] Politico,[4] Slate,[5] Mother Jones,[6] and ProPublica and WNYC Studios' Trump, Inc. podcast.[7]
As a travel writer, Everson reported on the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.'s opening for Fox News in October 2016[8] and later for Condé Nast Traveler.[9] That article on the 2018 Lowell Thomas Gold Award for Travel News/Investigative Reporting from the Society of American Travel Writers.[10]
He later quit travel writing to report full-time on the Trump D.C. hotel.[11]
Everson often uses open-source intelligence to identify customers at Trump properties.[8] In Commentary Magazine, journalist Matthew Continetti complimented Everson's tracking of Trump's possible conflicts, but suggested Everson was playing to liberal biases.[12]
As of February 2020, Everson had spotted 25 Trump cabinet members[13] at the hotel and 32 of the 53 Republicans serving in the Senate.[14] He also spotted representatives of at least 33 foreign countries through October 2010.[15]
In 2021, after Trump's departure from the White House, Everson joined business magazine Forbes to cover money in politics.[16] In late August 2021, the Trump International Hotel in Washington banned Everson for life; he was told this was for taking photos without permission, Everson claimed this was retribution for unflattering coverage.[17][18]
References
edit- ^ Toobin, Jeffrey (2019-09-05). "Trump's Plan to Host the G-7 Revives the Issue of Emoluments". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Rowan Kelleher, Suzanne. "Swamp Thing: Meet The Man Tracking What Smells Fishy At Trump's D.C. Hotel". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Power Tripping in the Swamp: How Trump's DC Hotel Swallowed Washington". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "What I've Learned Staking Out Trump's Washington Hotel". Politico. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "How Screwed Is the Trump Hotel D.C.?". Slate Magazine. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Stay to Play: Inside the Sordid History of Trump's DC Hotel". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Romanian Prime Minister Is Staying at Trump's D.C. Hotel". ProPublica and WNYC Studios. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ a b Crilly, Rob (2019-03-02). "The lobbyist: Reporter Zach Everson covers Trump from the ground floor of his hotel". Washington Examiner. Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Shepherd, Brittany (2019-03-13). "Meet the DC Reporter Who's Made the Trump Hotel His Beat". Washingtonian. Washingtonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ SATW. "Awards for Work Published in 2018–2019". Society of American Travel Writers. SATW. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Bernstein, Andrea (2020). American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 365. ISBN 978-1324001874.
- ^ Continetti, Matthew (2019-06-01). "The Trump Hotel: A Safe Space". Commentary. Commentary Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "'It was like a breeding ground': Trump hotel's mix of GOP insiders and hangers-on helped give rise to impeachment episodes". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Alexander, Dan (2020). White House Inc. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 85. ISBN 9780593188538.
- ^ Confessore, Nicholas; Yourish, Karen; Eder, Steve; Protess, Ben; Haberman, Maggie; Ashford, Grace; LaForgia, Michael; Vogel, Kenneth; Rothfeld, Michael; Buchanan, Larry (2020-10-10). "The Swamp That Trump Built". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ Sidman, Jessica (2021-06-10). "The Newsletter Reporter Who Covered The Trump Hotel Full Time Is Finally Moving On". Washingtonian. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ Schulman, Daniel. "Trump's DC hotel just banished a reporter—forever". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ Everson, Zach. "Here's Why Trump's Hotel Just Banned Me For Life". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-27.