Jackie Calmes is an American Journalist and Editor of the Washington Bureau of Los Angeles Times. She is famously known as the Washington opinion Columnist for the LA Times and specializes in the field of national politics, federal policy, and discussions. She is known for her strong opinions and expertise.
Early Life
Jackie Calmes grew up in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She celebrates her birthday on the 18th of September however her exact age isn’t revealed. Jackie has also not shared much about her parents, family, and background.
Jackie completed her high school education at Toledo Central’s Catholic High School in Ohio and later pursued her Journalism degree at the University of Toledo. She also pursued a master’s degree in Journalism at Northwestern University.
Career
Jackie started her career as a journalist in Texas where she was a reporter for the capital bureau of Harte Hanks newspaper. She also worked for the Austin Bureau of Dallas Morning Newspaper. In 1984, she moved to Washington and started working for Congressional Quarterly.
In 1990 she joined The Wall Street Journal as a white house, congress, or politics reporter. She became the Editor of the Politics and Policy page and also had the “Washington Wire” column. Jackie worked there for almost two decades until joining The New York Times in 2008.
She appeared as a panel and guest on several channels like PBS Washington Week, CBS Face the Nation, CNN, MSNBC, etc. She started working as a White House correspondent for the newspaper. Calmes worked for eight years with the newspaper and left in 2016.
She joined the Los Angeles Times in 2017 where she started writing in the Op-ed section as a Washington opinion Columnist. She writes about national policies and politics and discusses the repercussions of various steps or how past actions affect the country’s future.
Jackie has been working for the newspaper for the past four and half years and is also the Editor at the Washington Bureau of the newspaper. Recently she published an opinion column about how Biden failed to manage the situation in Kabul and took out the US forces and how this would affect the future electoral votes in 2022.
Her opinion reached a lot of people and led to a serious discussion of the situation in Kabul and how it could have been done differently by the USA. She is also an author and recently released her book “Dissent: The Radicalization of the Republican Party and its Capture of the Court” in June 2021.
Jackie Calmes Biography |
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| Real Name | Jackie Calmes |
| Birth Date | 18 September |
| Age (as of 2021) | Not Known |
| Birth Place | Toledo, Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Writer, Journalist |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Sun sign | Not Known |
Physical Statistics |
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| Height | in feet inches – 5’ 5” – in Centimeters – 165 cm |
| Weight | in Kilograms – 65 kg – in Pounds – 143 lbs |
| Shoe Size | 7 (U.S.) |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Body Type | Average |
Family |
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| Father | Not Known |
| Mother | Not Known |
| Sister | Not Known |
| Brother | Not Known |
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| School | Toledo’s Central Catholic High School |
| College | University of Toledo, Northwestern University |
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| Marital Status | Married |
| Husband | Not Known |
| Children | Carrie, Sarah |
Personal Life
Jackie Calmes is currently married to her husband whose name has not been shared. She has not revealed much about her personal life and likes to keep her personal life private. She has two daughters Cathy and Sarah and is currently settled in Washington with her family.
Jackie Calmes Net Worth
Jackie Calmes has been working as a reporter and journalist for several decades with big newspapers and media houses. She has been able to earn a lot of wealth and her net worth as of 2021 is estimated to be around $1.5million.
Trivia
- She was a resident fellow in the winter of 2017 at the University of Chicago, Institute of Politics where discussions were held related to new economic policies and their impacts.
- Her favorite author is Michi Kakutani who is also her colleague.
- She has covered several important administrations from George Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama to Trump and Biden.
- In 2005, she was awarded the Gerald R Ford Journalism Prize for covering the George Bush re-election campaign in 2004.
She’s a a propagandist reporter, and she knows it. When reading aloud her articles one gets the sense of Charlie Brown’s teacher speaking. Wonk, wonk and wonk.