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United Kingdom Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for MSNBC, covering six presidencies and major domestic and international events.
Peter Baker became a staff writer for The New York Times in 2008, serving as the chief White House correspondent and briefly as the lead reporter for the paper's Jerusalem office. He notably covered multiple presidencies for the publication.
Peter Baker is a political analyst for MSNBC, providing commentary and analysis on current political events and White House coverage.
Peter Baker worked as a reporter for The Washington Post for 20 years, starting in 1988. During his tenure, he covered the White House and served as Moscow bureau chief.
Peter Baker is a regular panelist on the PBS program "Washington Week," contributing to discussions and analysis of political developments.
Peter Baker published the book "Impeachment: An American History" with Random House in October 2018, co-authored with Jon Meacham, Timothy Naftali, and Jeffrey A. Engel.
Peter Baker published "Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House" with Doubleday in October 2013 and co-authored "The Man Who Ran Washington" with Susan Glasser, published by Doubleday in 2020.
Peter Eleftherios Baker was born on July 2, 1967. He attended Oberlin College from 1984 to 1986, working on the student newspaper, The Oberlin Review. After leaving Oberlin, he briefly worked for The Washington Times before joining The Washington Post in 1988 as a reporter. Over his 20 years at The Washington Post, he covered the White House during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. During this period, he co-authored the paper’s first story on the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and led coverage of the impeachment proceedings. His first book, “The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton,” was released based on this work. He also covered George W. Bush’s second term, focusing on the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, Supreme Court nominations, and economic issues.
Between his White House assignments, Baker and his wife, Susan Glasser, served as Moscow bureau chiefs for The Washington Post for four years. Their reporting detailed the rise of Vladimir Putin and changes in Russian democracy. Baker was the first American newspaper journalist to report from rebel-held northern Afghanistan after September 11, 2001, covering the overthrow of the Taliban. He also reported from Iraq and embedded with U.S. Marines during the push to Baghdad. In May 2005, he co-authored “Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution” with Glasser, which was recognized as one of the Best Books of 2005 by The Washington Post Book World. He received the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency in 2007.
In 2008, Baker joined The New York Times. He received the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award in 2011 and again in 2015, alongside another Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize. His third book, “Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House,” published in October 2013, was listed among The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2013. After a brief assignment as the Jerusalem bureau chief for the Times, he returned to the White House beat in December 2016 to cover the Trump administration. He has since authored or co-authored several more books, including “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021” with Susan Glasser in September 2022. He is also a political analyst for MSNBC and a regular panelist on PBS’s “Washington Week.” He has covered six presidencies in total, from Bill Clinton through Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Donald J. Trump.
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