Matt Lewis (journalist)

Matt Lewis
Residence Alexandria, Virginia
Citizenship American
Employer The Daily Caller and The Week
Known for Commentary
Website
mattlewis.org

Matt Lewis is a writer, commentator and blogger with The Daily Caller and a contributing editor for The Week.

Background and education

Lewis was raised in Myersville, Maryland. He is a graduate of Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Lewis has also lived in North Dakota and is now based in Alexandria, Virginia.[1] He has a pet pug named 'Uncle Rico' after a character in the film Napoleon Dynamite.[2]

Career

As a writer, Lewis has contributed to Townhall.com,[3][4] AOL's PoliticsDaily.com,[5] Human Events and The Daily Caller.[6] In his early career, Lewis served as director of grassroots for the Leadership Institute, a nonprofit conservative training organization,[7] for which he organized and led workshops around the United States.[8]

In March 2007, Lewis was one of two bloggers invited on John McCain's campaign tour bus on a visit to New Hampshire for an interview with the candidate.[9] That September, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich acknowledged in an interview with Lewis that he was considering a presidential run.[10] Lewis is the editor of The Quotable Rogue: The Ideals of Sarah Palin in Her Own Words, published in 2011.[11]

Lewis was selected as a "Rising Star of Politics" by Politics Magazine in 2002[12] and by the American Conservative Union as "Blogger of the Year" in 2012.[13]

Media appearances

Lewis is a featured commentator on cable news channels and radio, and is a podcaster. Since February 2009, he has represented the conservative viewpoint on Bloggingheads.tv's weekly discussion of U.S. politics, opposite Bill Sher.[1] In July 2013, Lewis appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher.[14]

See also

Conservatism portal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Matt Lewis". mattlewis.org. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  2. ↑ http://www.mattklewis.com/?p=6287
  3. ↑ Ruffini, Patrick (2007-01-13). "Matt Lewis Now Blogging at Townhall". PatrickRuffini.com. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. ↑ Anderson, Karen (2009-02-16). "Coming & Going". Politics Magazine. Campaigns & Elections. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  5. ↑ Calderone, Michael (2009-04-09). "Sweet, Lawrence join AOL politics site". Politico. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  6. ↑ Betsy Rothstein (MediaBistro). "The Daily Caller Successfully Woos Politics Daily’s Matt Lewis". Fishbowl DC. Retrieved 3 April 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ "Speaker Bios". Philanthropy Roundtable. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  8. ↑ Reed, Theresa (2003-07-03). "Republicans Get Emotive". Portland Mercury (Portland, Oregon). Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  9. ↑ Dayton, Soren (2007-03-26). "A view from the Straight Talk Express". eyeon08.com. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  10. ↑ Seelye, Katharine Q. (2007-09-29). "Gingrich Tiptoes Toward a White House Bid". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  11. ↑ W. James Antle III (July 21, 2011). "The Quotable Rogue". The American Spectator. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Rising Stars of Politics, 2002". Campaigns & Elections Magazine. April 2002.
  13. ↑ Bill Hobbs (February 11, 2012). "Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis Named "Blogger of the Year"". CPAC. American Conservative Union. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  14. ↑ Josh Feldman (July 12, 2013). "Bill Maher Panel Descends Into Shoutfest Between GOP Guests And Cornel West Calling Obama ‘War Criminal’". Mediaite. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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