Mary Katharine Ham
Mary Katharine Ham | |
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Born | April 5, 1980 |
Alma mater | University of Georgia |
Occupation | Journalist |
Spouses | |
Children | 4 |
Mary Katharine Ham (born April 5, 1980) is an American journalist. She has been a contributing editor for Townhall and Hot Air,[1] a writer at The Federalist,[2] and a CNN contributor.[3]
Career
Ham wrote for the Richmond County Daily Journal, Townhall.com where she was a columnist and managing editor, and The Washington Examiner.[4] Her video blog series for Townhall.com, HamNation, won a Golden Dot award for Best Vlog of 2006 from the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and her HamNation video, "Sopranos DC," was voted "Video of the Year" in the 2007 Weblog Awards.[5] The series ended in June 2008.[6] Ham was a host of The Morning Majority (5–9 a.m., Monday–Friday) on WMAL (simulcast on 105.9 FM and 630 AM) in Washington, D.C., until March 5, 2012.[7][8] Ham describes her political leaning as "primarily fiscal- and security-conscious conservative".[9] At the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference, she was presented with the American Conservative Union Blogger of the Year award.[3][10] In June of 2024 she joined Fox News as a contributor. She also works for Fox's sports and commentary site, OutKick.[11]
Personal life
Ham was married to Jake Brewer, a White House aide.[12] The couple married in 2011; two years later, Ham gave birth to their first child, a girl.[13] Brewer died from serious injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on September 19, 2015, while Ham was in her third trimester of pregnancy with their second baby.[14] Ham gave birth to their second child, a girl, in late 2015.[15] Ham remarried on March 7, 2020,[16] to a man "who has no social media presence".[17] As of March 2023, Ham has three daughters and a son.[18][19]
Book
- End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun) Hardcover with Guy Benson 2015
References
- ↑ Rothstein, Betsy (July 11, 2012). "Ham Now Officially Full of HotAir". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "CNN's Mary Katharine Ham: "Bare-Bones Junk Plans" Were Better Than Plans Under Obamacare". Media Matters for America. March 24, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ACU Announced Mary Katharine Ham as Blogger of the Year ..." The American Conservative Union. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ↑ Patrick (May 27, 2008). "Katharine Ham LeavesTownHall.com For DCExaminer.com". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ↑ Kevin Aylward (November 11, 2007). "Video of the Year". The 2007 Weblog Awards. Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Mary Katharine Ham (June 6, 2008). "Last HamNation: Obama on Your Shoulder!". Townhall.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009.
- ↑ Brewer, Jake (August 22, 2011). "The Morning Majority on WMAL". Flickr. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ↑ Rothstein, Betsy (March 5, 2012). "WMAL's Ham Abruptly Signs Off". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ↑ Ryan Grim (June 3, 2007). "BlogJam: Hammin' it up". Politico.
- ↑ CPAC 2014 – Blogger of the Year Award – Mary Katharine Ham. YouTube. March 7, 2014. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Media Relations | Fox News". Retrieved June 23, 2024.
- ↑ "Mary Katharine's Husband JAKE BREWER on WMAL". YouTube. 2011. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Fantastic news! Conservative superstar Mary Katharine Ham is expecting a baby". Twitchy Media. June 7, 2013.
I make a joyous announcement on a wholesome late-night show
. - ↑ Balingit, Moriah; Siddiqui, Faiz (September 20, 2015). "'I lost part of my heart': Beloved White House staffer Jake Brewer mourned". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Joyella, Mark (November 30, 2015). "Mary Katherine Ham Gives Birth to Daughter". TV Newser.
- ↑ Staff (March 7, 2020). "Birthday of the day: Guy Benson, Townhall.com political editor, Fox News contributor and host of 'The Guy Benson Show'". Politico. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020.
- ↑ Ham, Mary Katharine (October 27, 2019). "Mary Katharine Ham Finds Love Again". alisonrosen.com (Interview). Interviewed by Alison Rosen. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020.
- ↑ 345 w/Mary Katharine Ham "The Moronic Inferno b/w Hammer of the Gods" (podcast). The Fifth Column. February 10, 2022. Event occurs at 3:05 o. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ↑ Mary Katharine Ham: Welcome, Baby Cal, My Latest and Biggest Baby!, Substack, 2023/01/20
External links
- Writers from Montgomery, Alabama
- Writers from Durham, North Carolina
- University of Georgia alumni
- The Weekly Standard people
- 1980 births
- Living people
- American women bloggers
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- American women journalists
- American editors
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- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
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