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Mary Katharine Ham
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Mary Katharine Ham at CPAC 2014
Born (1980-04-05) April 5, 1980 (age 35)
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Occupation Journalist
Spouse(s) Jake Brewer, 2011–2015 (his death)
Children 1

Mary Katharine Ham (born April 5, 1980) is an American journalist. She is editor at large of Hot Air, a contributing editor to Townhall Magazine, and a Fox News Channel contributor.[1] At CPAC 2014, she was presented with the ACU Blogger of the Year award.[2]

Life and career[edit]

Ham was born on April 5, 1980, in Montgomery, Alabama. She was raised in Durham, North Carolina, and graduated from Riverside High School in 1998.[3] She graduated in 2002 with a bachelor of arts degree in Journalism from the University of Georgia.

Ham wrote for the Richmond County Daily Journal, Townhall.com where she was a columnist and managing editor, and The Washington Examiner.[4] Her video blog series for Townhall.com, HamNation, won a Golden Dot award for Best Vlog of 2006 from the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and her HamNation video, "Sopranos DC", was voted "Video of the Year" in the 2007 Weblog Awards.[5] The series ended in June 2008.[6]

Ham was a host of The Morning Majority (5–9 a.m., Monday-Friday) on WMAL (simulcast on 105.9 FM and 630 AM) in Washington, D.C., until March 5, 2012.[7][8]

She has written for The Daily Caller and The Weekly Standard and is a paid contributor on the Fox News Channel. Ham appears regularly on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News Channel program, The O'Reilly Factor, usually with Juan Williams, and she has been a guest panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. On February 4, 2014, she appeared on The View as a guest co-host.[9] Ham describes her political leaning as "primarily fiscal- and security-conscious conservative".[10]

At CPAC 2014, she was presented with the ACU Blogger of the Year award.[2][11]

Personal life[edit]

Ham was married to Jake Brewer, a White House aide and co-founder with Jose Antonio Vargas of immigration activism group Define American. Brewer died from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident in September 2015.[12][13] They have a daughter, and Ham is expecting their second child.[14][15][13] Her father, Jon Ham, is also a journalist and blogger.[16]

Book[edit]

  • End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun) Hardcover with Guy Benson 2015

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rothstein, Betsy (July 11, 2012). "Ham Now Officially Full of HotAir". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Retrieved November 9, 2013. 
  2. ^ a b "ACU Announced Mary Katharine Ham as Blogger of the Year ...". The American Conservative Union. March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014. 
  3. ^ Ham, Jon (August 17, 2011). "Trinity Park's Mary Katharine Ham to speak in Durham". JLF Triangles Blog. John Locke Foundation. 
  4. ^ Patrick (May 27, 2008). "Katharine Ham LeavesTownHall.com For DCExaminer.com". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Retrieved September 28, 2009. 
  5. ^ Kevin Aylward (November 11, 2007). "Video of the Year". The 2007 Weblog Awards. 
  6. ^ Mary Katharine Ham (June 6, 2008). "Last HamNation: Obama on Your Shoulder!". Townhall.com. 
  7. ^ Brewer, Jake (August 22, 2011). "The Morning Majority on WMAL". Flickr. Retrieved March 6, 2014. 
  8. ^ Rothstein, Betsy (March 5, 2012). "WMAL's Ham Abruptly Signs Off". FishbowlDC, The Revolving Door. Mediabistro, Inc. Retrieved November 9, 2013. 
  9. ^ Treacher, Jim (February 7, 2014). "And here's Mary Katharine Ham on The View [VIDEO]". The Daily Caller. Retrieved March 10, 2014. 
  10. ^ Ryan Grim (June 3, 2007). "BlogJam: Hammin' it up". The Politico. 
  11. ^ CPAC 2014 – Blogger of the Year Award – Mary Katharine Ham. YouTube. March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014. 
  12. ^ "Mary Katharine's Husband JAKE BREWER on WMAL". YouTube. 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2014. 
  13. ^ a b Balingit, Moriah; Faiz Siddiqui (September 20, 2015). "'I lost part of my heart': Beloved White House staffer Jake Brewer mourned – The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2015. 
  14. ^ "Fantastic news! Conservative superstar Mary Katharine Ham is expecting a baby". Twitchy Media. June 7, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2014. I make a joyous announcement on a wholesome late-night show 
  15. ^ "Timeline Photos". Facebook. August 11, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2014. 
  16. ^ "Carolina Journal Print Columnists – Jon Ham". Carolina Journal Online. 2014. 

External links[edit]

source: https://web.archive.org/web/20151111060354/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Katharine_Ham

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