2026 MRE Conference

John Harwood
Award-Winning Political Journalist, White House Correspondent



A household name on screen and in print for several decades, John Harwood has his finger on the pulse of the latest in the White House and on Capitol Hill, offering an insightful and nonpartisan look at today's political landscape. Harwood has served as White House correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and CNN, and has offered political analysis for The New York Times, PBS, and NPR. Among many journalistic accomplishments, he received an Emmy nomination for his live CNBC town hall with President Obama. He also moderated the Republican presidential debates for CNBC in 2011 and 2015. He is co-author of the book, Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power, taking readers inside Washington to show how the government functions and the insiders who make things happen. As the Wall Street Journal's political editor and chief political correspondent, he contributed to the Journal's coverage of terrorist attacks against the United States on Sept 11, 2001, for which the newspaper's staff received the Pulitzer Prize.

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