Mary Katharine Ham (born April 5, 1980) is an American journalist. She is a contributing editor for

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, a writer at ''

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'', and a

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contributor. She previously worked as a

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contributor and an editor-at-large for

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Career

Ham wrote for the '' Richmond County Daily Journal'',

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where she was a columnist and

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, and ''

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''. Her

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series for Townhall.com, HamNation, won a

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award for Best Vlog of 2006 from the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and her HamNation video, "Sopranos DC," was voted "Video of the Year" in the 2007 Weblog Awards. The series ended in June 2008. Ham was a host of The Morning Majority (5–9 a.m., Monday–Friday) on WMAL (simulcast on 105.9 FM and

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) in

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, until March 5, 2012. Ham describes her political leaning as "primarily fiscal- and security-conscious conservative". At the 2014

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, she was presented with the

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Blogger of the Year award. In October 2022, Ham wrote that she had been quietly suspended from work at CNN for seven months after commenting on colleague Jeffrey Toobin's sexual activities while at work.

Personal life

Ham was married to Jacob Brewer, a

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aide. The couple married in 2011; two years later, Ham gave birth to their first child, a girl. Brewer died from serious injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on September 19, 2015. Ham gave birth to their second child, a girl, in late 2015. Ham remarried on March 7, 2020, to a man "who has no social media presence". As of February, 2022, Ham has three daughters.

Book

* ''End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun) Hardcover'' with

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2015

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