Jonathan Swan Wiki, Age, Bio, Height, Wife, Career, Net Worth

Jonathan Swan is an Australian journalist. Jonathan Swan is noted for his coverage of US Politics for the AXIOS Media source. Likewise, he is also notable for being the first to announce that the US will drop out of the Paris Climate accord and that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was departing from Congress.

Wiki, Bio, Age,  Family, Siblings, Childhood & Education

Jonathan Swan was born on August 7, 1985, in Sydney, Australia. He is 35 years old and born under the sign of Leo. He is an Australian citizen. Jonathan, too, is Jewish. He also hopes to become a citizen of the United States.

Norman Swan is Jonathan’s father, while Lee Sutton is his mother. Norman Swan, his father, is a Scottish-Australian physician, journalist, radio and television presenter. Jonathan’s aunt and uncle are also journalists in Australia. He also has a sister who goes by the name Anna. On a trip to Italy in 2016, his sister was critically hurt in an electric bike accident. And his father suffered from moderate PTSD as a result of the tragedy, blaming himself for not renting helmets for the motorcycles. Aside from that, nothing is known about Jonathan’s family history at the present.

Jonathan attended the Sydney Grammar School in Darlinghurst, Sydney, for his educational background and credentials. He began his career in journalism in 2010. Swan then relocated to the United States of America in 2014 for a yearlong fellowship with the American Political Science Association before returning to journalism in 2015 and residing in the United States.

Jonathan Swan’s Height, Weight & Body Measurement

Jonathan Swan stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs an undetermined amount. His other bodily measures, such as his chest size, waist size, hip size, and bicep size, are also unavailable. Jonathan also has dark brown eyes and brown hair.

Jonathan Swan’s Profession & Career

Jonathan Swan began his career as a national political reporter stationed in Canberra, Australia’s capital city. He was a Fairfax Media reporter and The Sydney Morning Herald’s political correspondent. In August 2015, he joined ‘The Hill’ as part of their campaign team. Swan also joined Axios as a national political writer at the end of 2016. He also broke many stories regarding the Trump administration while at Axios.

Similarly, Ronald Kessler is a former Washington Post reporter. In his 2018 book “The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game,” he stated that Jonathan Swan is one of the few reporters who receive information from President Donald Trump, coupled with orders to attribute statements to an unknown White House official.

Furthermore, Jonathan Swan was the first to announce that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. He was also the first to report on Steve Bannon’s impending firing and Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. He also disclosed that Trump will cancel the executive action scheme known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Swan was also able to break the news that House Speaker Paul Ryan would be leaving Congress.

More on Career

Many people applauded Jonathan Swan on social media for the way he performed an interview with President Trump in August 2020. Throughout the discussion, he questioned and fact-checked several erroneous and deceptive comments made by the President. Similarly, The New York Times’ media commentator Ben Smith remarked that Jonathan was “probably the greatest interview of Mr. Trump’s presidency.”

In addition, as a member of the Sydney Morning Herald in the Canberra Press Gallery in 2014, Jonathan Swan earned the Wallace Brown Award. The prize was given to the most outstanding young journalist. Swan was named one of Politico’s “16 Breakout Media Stars” in 2016. Swan was also nominated to the Jerusalem Post’s list of the world’s 50 most important Jews in 2020.

Jonathan Swan’s Wife, Marriage & Relationship

Jonathan Swan married Politico reporter Betsy Woodruff. They married on September 14, 2019. The couple then announced the birth of their first child, Esther Jane Swan, on September 9, 2020.

Jonathan Swan’s Income & Net Worth

Jonathan Swan has a net worth of $2 million, according to celebslifereel, and his major source of income is his profession as a writer.

Jonathan Swan’s Social Media(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

Jonathan Swan has a Twitter account and uses it frequently. He has a Twitter account called “Jonathan swan.” On it, he has 837.3K followers. Swan has also published 8705 tweets on his profile as of today.

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