Jeanne Cummings is a

political journalist Political journalism is a broad branch of journalism that includes coverage of all aspects of politics and political science, although the term usually refers specifically to coverage of civil governments and political power. Political journa ...

and

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who has served as a deputy bureau chief of

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

, news bureau. Until June 2015, when she returned to the Wall Street Journal, she was reporter and Government Team Deputy Editor at

Bloomberg News Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Televi ...

in Washington, D.C. She joined Bloomberg in 2011, and in 2014 served as liaison between Bloomberg's Washington operation and the Mark Halperin-and-

John Heilemann John Arthur Heilemann (born January 23, 1966) is an American journalist and national affairs analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. With Mark Halperin, he co-authored ''Game Change'' (2010) and '' Double Down'' (2013), books about presidential campaign ...

-led Bloomberg Politics project. More recently, she had been writing columns for Bloomberg. Previously she was assistant managing editor for the

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 ...

news organization. Cummings is a frequent panelist on the

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...

political discussion program '' Washington Week''. Earlier, she had served on the Washington bureaus of ''

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...

'' and ''

''. She left the Wall Street Journal for Politico in 2007. She is the recipient of the 2000 Aldo Beckman Memorial Award, awarded by the White House Correspondents Association. Cummings is a native of

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. She graduated ''

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'' from the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

in 1979 with a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in journalism and a minor in political science.

References

Jeanne Cummings, Charlie Rose Show, What's on Charlie Rose, accessed: 7 Oct 2011.

Jeanne Cummings , Washington Week, accessed: 7 Oct 2011.

External links

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