Annie Karni is an American journalist who is a White House correspondent for ''

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''. She is a contributor on

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Education

Karni was born in

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, to Barbara S. Karni and Edi Karni. She attended the

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before receiving a B.A. in English from Haverford College in 2004.

Career

Karni began her career as a reporter at ''

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'' in 2005 where she stayed until she moved to ''

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'' in 2008. Karni spent a year writing for ''Crain's'' before she was appointed political reporter for the '' New York Daily News''. In total, at the New York tabloids, she spent a decade covering the City Hall and local news. She first entered the national sphere when she joined ''

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and intern ...

'' as a politics reporter in 2015. Karni joined ''The New York Times'' as a

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correspondent in 2018 after the departure of

Julie Hirschfeld Davis Julie Hirschfeld Davis (born April 17, 1975) is an American journalist. She is currently the congressional editor for ''The New York Times'' and a political analyst for CNN. She was previously a White House correspondent. Early life Davis was b ...

, who had changed beat to report on Congress. Karni often embeds a feminist perspective in her reporting. She has appeared on

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' ''Washington Week'' as a political analyst.

Personal life

Karni married Ted Mann, a reporter for ''

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'', in 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karni, Annie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Baltimore Park School of Baltimore alumni Haverford College alumni The New York Times people Politico people American newspaper journalists American political journalists