Hunter Walker

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Hunter Walker
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Born (1984-09-10) 10 September 1984 (age 37)
Brooklyn, New York
WebsiteGawker
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Hunter Walker (born September 10, 1984) is a reporter from Brooklyn, New York.[1] Currently, Walker is the White House Correspondent for Yahoo! News (a branch of Verizon Media formerly known as Oath Inc). Previously he was the politics editor[2] for Business Insider, the national affairs reporter for Talking Points Memo[3] and a senior editor at the New York Observer.

Before joining the Observer, Walker was employed by The Daily where he helped launch the gossip section with former Page Six editor Richard Johnson.[4]

Prior to working at The Daily, Walker covered television for TheWrap.com.[5] During 2008 and 2009 he worked as the Editor of Mediabistro.com's events newsletter The Press List[6] and as a Contributing Editor for the Mediabistro.com blogs WebNewser[7] and FishbowlNY.[8] From 2007-2008, he was the Assistant Editor of Gawker Media's urban travel blog Gridskipper.[9]

Walker has also contributed to the web sites of a variety of publications including; the Village Voice,[10] New York Magazine,[11] Forbes,[12] National Geographic,[13] and BlackBook Magazine.[14] Walker has also written for Gawker.com.[15] He is a 2010 graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism.[16]

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  1. ^ Stoeffel, Kat (2011-09-19). "The Observer Hires Hunter Walker". New York Observer. New York Observer. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ^ "Hunter Walker". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  3. ^ "Two New TPMers". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  4. ^ (2011-11-19). "Rupert Murdoch's tablet tabloid gearing up for launch". Yahoo. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  5. ^ (2010-05-10). "Hunter Walker Heads To The Wrap". Mediabistro. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  6. ^ "The Press List". Mediabistro.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  7. ^ "WebNewser". Mediabistro.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  8. ^ "FishbowlNY". Mediabistro.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  9. ^ "Gridskipper.com". Gridskipper. Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  10. ^ "Village Voice". Village Voice. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  11. ^ "New York Magazine". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  12. ^ Walker, Hunter (2009-02-18). "Trapped in Facebook". Forbes. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  13. ^ "Pizza Pilgrimage: Al Forno in Providence". . Retrieved 2009-05-24.
  14. ^ "The Yankees Just Might Win The World Series Again". BlackBook Magazine. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  15. ^ "Gawker". Gawker Media. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  16. ^ Ruiz, Rebecca R. (2009-09-03). "Questioning the Return on Educational Investment". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
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