Jake Sherman (journalist)

Jake Sherman (born December 16, 1985)[1] is an American journalist and writer. He is the co-founder of Punchbowl News, a daily newsletter service focusing on Congress. He is an NBC News and MSNBC political analyst. He previously worked for Politico, among other media outlets.

Not to be confused with Jake Sherman.

Jake Sherman
BornJacob Scott Sherman[1]
(1985-12-16) December 16, 1985
Connecticut
OccupationJournalist
Alma materGeorge Washington University
Columbia University
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectPolitics
SpouseIrene Jefferson

Early life and education

Born in 1985,[2] Sherman is from Connecticut and graduated from George Washington University[3] and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism,[4] earning a Master's degree from the latter.[5]

Career

Sherman was a senior writer for Politico and co-authored the Politico Playbook with Anna Palmer. He is also a political contributor for NBC and MSNBC. He co-wrote The Hill to Die On: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America.[4]

In the late 2000s, he worked for The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, in their respective Washington, D.C., bureaus.[3] He joined Politico in 2009[2][6] and was made co-editor of its Playbook newsletter in 2016, taking over from Michael Allen.[7]

In 2016, The New York Times's Jim Rutenberg wrote that Sherman and his frequent writing partner Anna Palmer "helped break open the scandal that forced the resignation of Representative Aaron Schock of Illinois in 2015".[6]

In October 2020, Sherman announced that he plans to leave Politico at the end of 2020,[2] and to join Anna Palmer, Rachel Schindler and John Bresnahan in launching a daily newsletter in 2021 that will focus on Congress.[8] [9]Punchbowl News launched in January 2021.

Personal life

Sherman married Irene Jefferson in 2015.[5]

References
  1. "Sherman, Jake S., 1985–". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. April 4, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  2. Montgomery, Mimi (October 6, 2020). "Playbook Authors Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman Will Leave Politico at the End of 2020". Washingtonian. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  3. "Jake Sherman [profile of]". Washington Week. PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  4. "Jake Sherman, States Reporter". Politico. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  5. "Irene Jefferson, Jake Sherman". The New York Times. February 15, 2015. Section ST, p. 24. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  6. Rutenberg, Jim (June 19, 2016). "Mike Allen, Politico's Newsletter Pioneer, Is Handing Over the Reins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  7. Ember, Sydney (July 11, 2016). "Carrie Budoff Brown to Succeed Susan Glasser as Politico Editor". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  8. Fischer, Sara (December 1, 2020), "Scoop: Politico stars plot new Playbook", Axios.
  9. Silvera, Ian. "How Punchbowl is cornering the middle-ground of US political media". www.news-future.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
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