Jennifer Loven is an American
journalist
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and a former
White House
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press correspondent for the
Associated Press
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(AP) and current managing director at the
Glover Park Group, a
Washington, D.C.
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-based strategic communications firm.
Born in
Matthews
Matthews may refer to:
People
* Matthews (surname)
Places
* Matthews Island, Antarctica
* Matthews Range, Kenya
* Mount Matthews, New Zealand
United States
* Matthews, Georgia
* Matthews, Indiana
* Matthews, Maryland
* Matthews, Missouri
* Mat ...
,
North Carolina
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, Loven graduated from
East Mecklenburg High School
East Mecklenburg High School is a public secondary school in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, and one of 21 high schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system. The principal of the school is Richard "Rick" Parker. East Mecklenburg ...
and then attended the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...
and
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
, where she was graduated from the
Medill School of Journalism
The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is a constituent school of Northwestern University that offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It frequently ranks as the top school of journalism in the Unite ...
.
After college, Loven began working for Associated Press in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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. She covered locally for two years, then moved to the
Michigan Legislature. After relocating to
Washington, D.C.
)
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in 1997, she reported on
the Pentagon
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and
Congress
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until her assignment to the
White House press corps
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in 2002.
Loven reported regularly from the White House for the rest of her tenure at AP, and served as the president of the
White House Correspondents' Association
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor t ...
.
References
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American reporters and correspondents
20th-century American women journalists
Living people
Medill School of Journalism alumni
University of Virginia alumni
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American journalists
21st-century American women journalists
People from Matthews, North Carolina
Journalists from North Carolina
Year of birth missing (living people)
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