John Harwood

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John Harwood

John Harwood, 2007-06-24
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Family father: Richard Harwood
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Official website

John Harwood(born 1956) is an American journalist who is currently the Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC[1] and a writer for The New York Times. A 1978 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, Harwood has also served as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He frequently appears on Washington Week, a public affairs program on PBS hosted by Gwen Ifill [2], as well as NBC's Meet the Press.

Harwood's father, Richard Harwood, was a reporter and writer for The Washington Post. According to John Harwood's article in The Washington Post (April 30, 2000, page B4), Harwood's mother was an active campaigner for the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 and Harwood, at age 11, appeared in a TV ad for Robert F. Kennedy's ill-fated 1968 campaign.