Amanda Macias is an American journalist who reports on national security subjects for the financial news network

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Early life and education

Amanda Macias was born at

Fort Bliss Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Named in honor of William Wallace Smith Bliss, LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President ...

, in

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. She grew up in a military family and has lived on U.S. Army installations around the world. She is a 2012 graduate of the

University of Missouri School of Journalism The Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world. The school provides academic education and practical training in all areas of journalism and strategic comm ...

with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Finance. In 2021, she attended

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as a

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Career

In 2008, Macias worked as a general assignment news reporter and then anchor for NBC News affiliate

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in Columbia, Missouri. She later joined Reuters as a field producer in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

,Belgium where she covered EU political institutions and

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. In 2013, she moved to New York City and joined

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as a national security correspondent. In 2016, Macias moved to Washington, D.C., where she joined the national security team at CBS Radio. In 2018, Macias joined financial news network

as a national security reporter. In addition to national security, her beat includes the defense industry, State Department and the United Nations as well as the intelligence community.

Government investigation

Macias became embroiled in the government arrest of a counterterrorism analyst with whom she was romantically involved, according to prosecutors. The government referred to her as "Journalist 1," and a second journalist involved in the leaks as Courtney Kube, a senior reporter for NBC News. NBC and CNBC is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. The analyst pled guilty to agreeing to disclose classified information because it would support Macias' career and was sentenced to 30 months in prison but was released early.

Personal life

She lives in the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, D.C. and speaks three languages.

References

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