Maggie Haberman

Maggie Lindsy Haberman, born on October 30, 1973, in New York City, is an American journalist. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree. Her journalism career commenced in 1996 as a clerk at the New York Post. In 1999, she transitioned to covering City Hall for the Post, an experience that solidified her interest in political reporting. She then spent three and a half years at the New York Daily News, continuing her focus on City Hall. Haberman rejoined the New York Post to report on the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign and other political races. In 2010, she moved to Politico as a senior reporter, where she further developed her expertise in political journalism. By 2014, her insights were recognized by CNN, where she began working as a political analyst.

Haberman joined The New York Times in early 2015 as a political correspondent, specifically to cover the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Her work included significant reporting on Donald Trump’s campaign and administration. She co-authored “Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views” in March 2016, a key piece that introduced the “America First” concept in relation to Trump. Her in-depth coverage of the Trump administration led to her being part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for National Reporting. She was also a Pulitzer finalist in 2021 for her team’s coverage of President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus.

In 2022, Haberman published the best-selling book “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.” This book quickly reached number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending October 8, 2022. Her career includes covering five presidential elections, several governors’ races, and New York City mayoral races. She has also reported on Rudolph W. Giuliani’s second term at City Hall, Hillary Clinton’s 2000 U.S. Senate race, both of President Obama’s national campaigns, and the rebuilding efforts at the World Trade Center site.