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Jonathan Capehart
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Co-Host of The Weekend on MSNBC, and Television Personality
- Former associate editor for the Washington Post and co-host of MSNBC’s “The Weekend”
- Expert moderator who seamlessly directs conversations with high-level personalities
- Discusses the news of the day, domestic and global cultural shifts, and the issues that will define the months and years to come
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About Jonathan Capehart
Download ProfilePulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Capehart is known for his insightful, hard-hitting reporting and witty commentary. As co-host of The Weekend on MSNBC, a regular PBS NewsHour contributor for Brooks & Capehart, and the former associate editor of The Washington Post, Capehart brings decades of experience covering politics, culture, and the pressing issues of our time. The New York Times bestselling author of Yet Here I Am, his voice is sought after for its depth, nuance, and ability to cut through the noise. He is exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau.
In addition to his work with MSNBC, he is a regular moderator of panels at the Aspen Ideas Festival and for the Aspen Institute, the Center for American Progress and at the Atlantic Dialogues conference and the Brussels Forum of the German Marshall Fund. He has also moderated sessions at the Atlantic’s Washington Ideas Forum and for the Connecticut Forum.
Capehart has interviewed important political leaders and cultural icons including Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Attorneys General Loretta Lynch and Eric Holder, former Secretarys of State Antony Blinken, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. Capehart has also interviewed actor Colman Domingo, comedian Colin Jost, tennis legend Billie Jean King and author Percival Everett. His MSNBC special “A Promised Land: A Conversation with Barack Obama” was nominated in 2021 for an Emmy for “Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis.” His MSNBC special “Pride of the White House” won a GLAAD Media Award for “Outstanding TV Journalism — Long Form” in 2022.
Capehart was deputy editorial page editor of the New York Daily News from 2002 to 2004, and served on that paper’s editorial board from 1993 to 2000. In 1999, his 16-month editorial campaign to save the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem earned him and the board the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. Capehart left the Daily News in July 2000 to become the national affairs columnist at Bloomberg News, and took a leave from this position in February 2001 to serve as a policy adviser to Michael Bloomberg in his first successful campaign for New York City mayor.
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Jonathan Capehart: Analyzing Today's Cultural Shifts
Jonathan Capehart: A Look at the American Experiment
Jonathan Capehart: Interviews with Brewer & Buttigieg
Jonathan Capehart: Making Sense of Today’s News
Jonathan Capehart: Analyzing Today's Cultural Shifts
Jonathan Capehart: A Look at the American Experiment
Jonathan Capehart: Interviews with Brewer & Buttigieg
Jonathan Capehart: Making Sense of Today’s News
Speech Topics
Download TopicsRenowned journalist Jonathan Capehart regularly talks with newsmakers about the day’s biggest political and culture issues, touching on hot-button topics including how race, religion, age, gender and cultural identity are redrawing the lines that both divide and unite America. In speeches, Capehart tells stories of his interviews with presidential candidates, media personalities, sitting politicians, CEOs and entrepreneurs, and even actors to illustrate what’s going on in America and how to make sense of the daily news. An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the news that matters now, Capehart leaves audiences with new perspectives and a greater understanding of the current climate in Washington and across the nation.
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