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United States Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, and television producer.
Jonathan H. Alter served as a columnist and senior editor for Newsweek magazine from 1983 to 2011.
Jonathan Alter is a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly.
Jonathan Alter has experience with Purveyors Media Group, focusing on public policy and political campaigns.
Jonathan Alter is an MSNBC analyst and has appeared on the network since 1996.
Jonathan Alter brings broad historical knowledge to analyzing politics on The Daily Beast.
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Jonathan Alter is a Chair for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Committee in the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and has 56 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library.
Jonathan Alter joined LBJ Foundation President Mark Updegrove for 'An Evening With Jonathan Alter,' discussing his book 'His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life.'
Alter is a political analyst for NBC News, having appeared on NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC since 1996.
From 2013 to 2014, Alter served as an executive producer on the Amazon Studios production 'Alpha House.'
The 2019 HBO film 'Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists' was co-produced and co-directed by Alter. It won the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary.
From 2015 to 2023, Alter hosted a radio show with his children, 'Alter Family Politics,' as part of Andy Cohen's 24-hour network, Radio Andy, Channel 102 on Sirius XM.
In 2021, Alter began an online Substack publication for free and paid subscribers entitled, 'Old Goats with Jonathan Alter.'
During the 1992 United States presidential election, Alter was a consultant to MTV.
In April 2011, Alter left Newsweek, quickly joining the media outlet Bloomberg.
Following Bloomberg, he wrote for The New Yorker.
Following Bloomberg, he wrote for Vanity Fair.
In 2024, he was a Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times, assigned to write about the Trump felony trial and the 2024 presidential campaign.
Jonathan Alter sits on the Board of Directors of The 74, an education news website.
Jonathan Alter is a former member of the Board of Directors of DonorsChoose, which allows teachers to post online proposals for classroom materials.
Jonathan Alter is a current board member of The Blue Card, a national Jewish organization assisting Holocaust survivors.
Jonathan Alter is a current board member of The Century Foundation.
Jonathan Alter is a current board member of the Bone Marrow Foundation.
Jonathan H. Alter was born on October 6, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in a Jewish family, the son of James Alter, a business owner, and Joanne Alter, an elected commissioner and member of the Democratic National Committee. His mother was the first woman elected to public office in the Chicago area. Alter attended Phillips Academy, graduating in 1975, and then Harvard University, where he served as a lead editor on “The Harvard Crimson” before earning his degree in 1979. These early experiences provided a foundation for his career in journalism and political analysis.
Alter began his professional career at “Newsweek” magazine, initially as a media critic in the 1980s. In 1991, he launched a political commentary column, a new feature for the magazine. Following Bill Clinton’s election in 1992, Alter became one of the few reporters with regular access to the president, also consulting for MTV. His insightful predictions extended to major political events, including accurately foretelling the months-long recount process after the 2000 presidential election on NBC. Over his career, Alter has authored several books, including “American Reckoning: Inside Trump’s Trial — and My Own” (2024) and “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” (2020). Among his earlier works are three New York Times bestsellers: “The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies” (2013), “The Promise: President Obama, Year One” (2010), and “The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope” (2006), which was also named a Times “Notable Book” of the year.
Beyond his written works, Alter has a diverse media career. He has been a political analyst for NBC News since 1996, appearing across NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC. In recent years, he has ventured into documentary filmmaking and television production. He co-produced and co-directed “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists” (2019), an HBO film that won the 2020 Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary. From 2013 to 2014, he served as an executive producer for the Amazon Studios series “Alpha House.” In 2021, Alter launched “Old Goats with Jonathan Alter,” a weekly Substack newsletter featuring columns and conversations. His contributions to journalism and historical analysis have garnered him honorary degrees from multiple universities and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2024. He continues to contribute to public discourse as a political commentator and author.
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