Michael C. Bender

Michael Bender
Bornc. 1980 (aged c. 44)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Alma materOhio State University
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children1 daughter

Michael Charles Bender (born c. 1980) is an American writer and a political correspondent for The New York Times.[1]

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bender was educated at Ohio State University, where he graduated with a degree in history in 2000.[2]

Bender joined The Wall Street Journal in 2016.[2] He was awarded the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency in 2019,[1][3] and a National Press Club Award in 2020.[1][4] In 2021, he published his first book, Frankly, We Did Win This Election.[5] The book covers the events that led to President Donald Trump's loss of the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.[6] The book was an instant New York Times best seller.[1][7]

He married journalist Ashley Parker, White House reporter for The Washington Post, in 2018.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d Bender, Michael C. "Michael C. Bender". The New York Times. New York, New York. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Michael C. Bender". Hachette Book Group. New York, New York: Hachette Livre. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Journalism Award Prizes".
  4. ^ Lester, Will. "Reuters, VICE News, NBC win top awards in National Press Club journalism contest". National Press Club.
  5. ^ "Frankly, We Did Win This Election review: a devastating dispatch from Trumpworld". the Guardian. July 10, 2021.
  6. ^ ""Frankly, We Did Win This Election" The Inside Story of How Trump Lost". Kirkus Reviews. New York, New York: Kirkus Media. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction – Best Sellers – Books – Aug. 15, 2021 – The New York Times". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  8. ^ "Ashley Parker, Michael Bender". The New York Times. June 17, 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-13.