Margaret Warner
American journalist
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Margaret Warner |
| image | Margaret Warner in 2011.jpg |
| caption | Warner in 2011 |
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| birth_place | Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S. |
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| known_for | PBS Newshour |
| occupation | Journalist and reporter senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Foreign Affairs |
| spouse | John R. Reilly (1986–2008; his death) |
| alma_mater | Yale University (BA) |
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| name = Margaret Warner | image =Margaret Warner in 2011.jpg | alt = | caption = Warner in 2011 | birth_date = | birth_place = Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = PBS Newshour | occupation = Journalist and reporter senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Foreign Affairs | spouse = John R. Reilly (1986–2008; his death) | alma_mater = Yale University (BA) | relatives = Margaret Garrard Warner (born February 12, 1950) is a former senior correspondent for The PBS NewsHour. Before joining the NewsHour in 1993, she was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Concord Monitor, and Newsweek.
In addition, Warner has appeared on PBS' Washington Week In Review and CNN's The Capital Gang and was co-host of the radio program America Abroad, which focused on international issues.
Education and personal life
Margaret Warner is the daughter of Brainard Henry Warner III and Mildred Warner of Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is a graduate of the Holton-Arms School of Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated from Yale University with a BA, cum laude, in English in 1971. Her father was a partner in the Washington law firm of Ogilby, Huhn & Barr. Her mother, Mildred Warner, was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington.
Warner is a great-granddaughter of the founder of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, which was consolidated into the Riggs National Bank.
She was married to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, John R. Reilly, until his death in October 2008.
Career
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During the 1980s and 1990s, Warner worker as a reporter for Newsweek magazine.
Since 2006, Warner has compiled on-the-ground reports for the PBS NewsHour. Much of her reporting is low-budget and covers civil liberties and politics in South Asia, China and Russia.Warner has compiled a number of reports on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, China and Russia.
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For her March 2007 reports on Iran's nuclear ambitions, see:
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For her August 2007 reports on the divisive politics of Pakistan which emerged under President Pervez Musharraf, see:
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For her May 2008 reports on the Sichuan earthquake and Chinese Internet users, see:
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For her March 2009 reports on the war in Afghanistan and the status of Afghan women, see:
- For her July 2009 reports on the shifting political climate in Russia between President Dmitry Medvedev and former President Vladimir Putin's rule, see:
- Between 2009 and 2013, she was one of the program's rotating group of co-anchors.
She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a trustee of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, and she serves on the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University. "Bio: Margaret Warner", Brussels Forum, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Awards and honors
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- Warner won an Emmy Award for her coverage of the turmoil in Pakistan and the Edward Weintal Prize for International Reporting from Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy for her overseas reporting
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- Her diplomatic coverage for Newsweek during the Gulf War made her runner-up for the National Press Club's 1990 Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Reporting.
- She also shared, with a Newsweek team, the prestigious George Polk Award for coverage of terrorism, and the Best Reporting Award from the Overseas Press Club.
References
References
- . (September 7, 1986). ["Margaret Warner Weds John R. Reilly"](https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/07/style/margaret-warner-weds-john-r-reilly.html). *[[The New York Times]]*.
- Hevesi, Dennis. (October 15, 2008). "John R. Reilly, Adviser to Mondale, Is Dead at 80". [[The New York Times]].
- Kolbert, Elizabeth. (August 2, 1992). "Nation; Where a Player Can Strike Out and Stay at the Plate". [[The New York Times]].
- Warner, Margaret. (September 9, 2009). "Reporter's Notebook: Challenges of Reporting From Closed Societies". [[PBS NewsHour]].
- Stelter, Brian. (August 13, 2013). "'NewsHour' Appoints First Female Anchor Team". The New York Times.
- [http://www.vfic.org/about/about_board.html "About Board of Trustees"] {{webarchive. link. (December 28, 2011 , Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, website)
- [http://www.yale.edu/about/warner.html "Bio: Margaret Warner"] {{webarchive. link. (September 6, 2011 , ''Yale University'' website)
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