Summary
Jesse A. Hamilton (born 1974 Portland, Oregon) is an American journalist covering the government response to the rise of cryptocurrencies as deputy managing editor at CoinDesk. He was previously a reporter at Bloomberg L.P. in Washington, D.C.
Life edit
He graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. and worked for newspapers around Washington state, most recently the Yakima Herald-Republic. He worked from 2002 to 2009 at the Hartford Courant, including several years as its military reporter, during which he spent time as a correspondent in Iraq.[1] He then became the Courant's Washington Bureau Chief, tracking the 2008 presidential election and working in the press corps on Capitol Hill.[2]
He then wrote about the Obama administration effort to reform health care and the U.S. financial sector as Washington Bureau Manager of BestWeek, published by A. M. Best.[3] In 2010, he joined the Washington staff of Bloomberg News, covering the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[4]
Hamilton has also written on the economy for National Journal magazine.[5]
He is married and lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
Awards edit
- 2001 George Polk Award[6]
- 2001 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award [7]
- 2001 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting [8]
- 2007 Michael Kelly award finalist [9]
References edit
- ^ Hamilton, Jesse A. (2006-06-18). "A Gruesome Past, An Explosive Future". Leatherneck.com. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ^ Hamilton, Jesse A. "Jesse A. Hamilton | On Background: Jim Himes Archives". Blogs.courant.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ Saucer, Caroline (2009-08-29). "A.M. Best Names Washington News Bureau Manager". PR-inside.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
- ^ Dornic, Matt (2010-10-19). "Bloomberg Finance Team Expands". FishbowlDC. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
- ^ Hamilton, Jesse A. (2010-09-11). "America's Future: The Heartland Versus The Coasts". National Journal. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
- ^ "Previous Award Winners - Long Island University". Liu.edu. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ "IRE Contest | The IRE Awards". Ire.org. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ "Sigma Delta Chi Awards". spj.org. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ^ "The Michael Kelly Award". Kellyaward.com. 2006-11-19. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
External links edit
- Journalist's website
- Jesse Hamilton Says His Farewells
- Appearances on C-SPAN