Jesse A. Hamilton

Jesse A. Hamilton (born 1974 Portland, Oregon) is an American journalist working as a reporter at Bloomberg L.P. in Washington, D.C.

Life

He graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. and worked for newspapers around Washington state, most recently the Yakima Herald-Republic. He worked from 2002 to 2009 at the Hartford Courant, including several years as its military reporter, during which he spent time as a correspondent in Iraq.^[1] He then became the Courant's Washington Bureau Chief, tracking the 2008 presidential election and working in the press corps on Capitol Hill.^[2]

He then wrote about the Obama administration effort to reform health care and the U.S. financial sector as Washington Bureau Manager of BestWeek, published by A. M. Best.^[3] In 2010, he joined the Washington staff of Bloomberg News, covering the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.^[4]

Hamilton has also written on the economy for National Journal magazine.^[5]

He is married and lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

Awards

• 2001 George Polk Award ^[6]
• 2001 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award ^[7]
• 2001 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting ^[8]
• 2007 Michael Kelly award finalist ^[9]

References

1. ^ Hamilton, Jesse A. (2006-06-18). "A Gruesome Past, An Explosive Future". Leatherneck.com. http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-31105.html. Retrieved 2010-09-27. 
2. ^ Hamilton, Jesse A.. "Jesse A. Hamilton | On Background: Jim Himes Archives". Blogs.courant.com. http://blogs.courant.com/on_background/jim_himes/. Retrieved 2010-09-25. 
3. ^ Saucer, Caroline (2009-08-29). "A.M. Best Names Washington News Bureau Manager". PR-inside.com. http://www.pr-inside.com/a-m-best-names-washington-news-bureau-r1457986.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-07. 
4. ^ Dornic, Matt (2010-10-19). "Bloomberg Finance Team Expands". FishbowlDC. http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/bgov-finance-team-expands_b23078. Retrieved 2010-11-07. 
5. ^ Hamilton, Jesse A. (2010-09-11). "America's Future: The Heartland Versus The Coasts". National Journal. http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20100911_5530.php. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
6. ^ "Previous Award Winners - Long Island University". Liu.edu. http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Polk/Previous.aspx#2001. Retrieved 2010-09-25. 
7. ^ "IRE Contest | The IRE Awards". Ire.org. http://www.ire.org/contest/past/01winners.html. Retrieved 2010-09-25. 
8. ^ "Sigma Delta Chi Awards". spj.org. http://www.spj.org/sdxa2001.asp#4. Retrieved 2010-09-27. 
9. ^ "The Michael Kelly Award". Kellyaward.com. 2006-11-19. http://www.kellyaward.com/mk_award_popup/hamilton_j.html. Retrieved 2010-09-25. 

External links

• Journalist's website
• Jesse Hamilton Says His Farewells

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Name	Hamilton, Jesse A.
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Date of birth	1974
Place of birth	Portland, Oregon
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