Peter Hamby Biography
Peter Hamby is an award winning political Journalist working as the host of Good Luck America at Snapchat and a contributing writer for Vanity Fair for CNN Digital, based in the network’s Washington, D.C. bureau.
How old is Peter Hamby? – Age
Hamby is 39 years old as of 21 August, 2020. He was born in 1981 in the United States f America.
Peter Hamby Family
He was was raised in Richmond, Virginia by his parents Bill Hamby, a television producer, and Tressa Connolly Hamby, a film editor and producer.
Peter Hamby Wife
Hamby is so private about his life and has not revealed his marital status.
Peter Hamby CNN
Beyond the Beltway, Hamby directs his efforts on tackling the laws, policies, and campaigns that shape the country at state and local levels. His job is integrated across both CNN Media channels and CNN news, including in-depth posts, commentary for CNN.com, and a political video franchise. Throughout America’s Choice 2012, Hamby, a veteran cross-platform journalist, contributed to CNN’s Emmy Award-winning election coverage, traveling to several of the swing states as a CNN reporter-at-large with an emphasis on the Republican primary contest and the candidacy of Mitt Romney.
He broke a variety of significant political stories in that capacity, including the news that Gov. Rick Perry will drop out of the race, as well as the decision of Florida to shift its 2012 primary date and up-end the Republican nominating calendar. POLITICO called Hamby one of the ’10 Breakthrough National Reporters of 2012′ during the 2012 campaign.
He has also covered some of the Obama era’s most influential political stories, including the 2008 presidential election, the arrival of the tea party movement, and the 2010 Republican comeback. Hamby was a touring editor and writer on the Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Sarah Palin campaigns during CNN’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of the 2008 presidential election.
In 2007, Hamby opened the “mini-bureau” of CNN in South Carolina to provide on-the-ground coverage of the crucial Republican and Democratic presidential primaries in the county. As part of the team that launched The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Hamby joined CNN in 2005. He spent two years as a producer and analyst for the program, contributing to the award-winning coverage of stories from the network, including Hurricane Katrina, the fight between Israel and Hezbollah, and the midterm elections of 2006.
Peter Hamby Net Worth
Hamby’s net worth is not revealed.
Peter Hamby Education
Hamby earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in English and a master’s degree from New York University in journalism. He also studied in South Africa at the University of Cape Town. Hamby was a Spring 2013 fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on News, Politics and Public Policy, where he wrote a widely published report on the effect of Twitter on media activity and campaign news strategy.
Peter Hamby Snapchat
Hamby joined Snapchat in April 2015 as head of news to handle the news coverage of the company. Hamby is also the host of the first original episode of “Good Luck America,” Snapchat, based on the 2016 presidential election, and later, politics in the America of Donald Trump. Since the start of the show, Hamby has interviewed Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, Bernie Sanders, J J, since the show’s launch.
Per episode, the show averages 5 million viewers, and 75% of viewers are under the age of 25. In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter called Hamby one of New York Media’s 35 Most Influential Individuals, calling him “a rare newsman reaching young consumers” Good Luck America received an Edward R. Murrow Creativity Excellence Award in 2017.
Peter Hamby EMBEDS
Hamby is the co-creator of EMBEDS, a television satire series featuring young reporters covering a political race, with the writer Scott Conroy. In 2016, the six-episode series aired on the go90 network and was produced by Conroy, Michael De Luca, and Megyn Kelly as executives.