Amie Parnes

Edit links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Amie Parnes
Miami, Florida, US
Years active2000–present
EmployerThe Hill
Notable workHRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton
Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign
Children1

Amie Parnes (born April 15, 1978) is an American political journalist. She has been a senior correspondent for The Hill since 2024, having previously worked there from 2011 to 2023. She was the chief White House correspondent for The Messenger from the site's launch in May 2023 to its closure in January 2024. Parnes has also reported for CNN and Politico. Parnes' partnership with fellow political correspondent Jonathan Allen resulted in two best-selling books on Hillary Clinton.

Life and career

Amie Parnes was born on April 15, 1978.[1][2] She grew up in Miami[2] and has an older sister.[3][4] Parnes is a single parent, having given birth to a son in 2015.[5][6] She first became interested in political journalism while working as an intern for The New York Times in 2000, with her first major news story being the 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida.[7] After this internship, Parnes reported under The Philadelphia Inquirer and E.W. Scripps Company's news service.[7][8][9]

Parnes began reporting for

Obama administration.[10]

The Hill and other news outlets

In November 2011, Parnes left Politico, signing onto The Hill as a White House reporter.[11] During her time at The Hill, Parnes occasionally served as a non-partisan analyst for outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, and ABC News.[3][10]

HRC

Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes in 2014. Allen described Parnes as having "tremendous talent and drive".[12]

In 2012, Parnes partnered with journalist

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that focused on her tenure and political future.[13] The pair spoke to more than 200 sources and gained deep access into Clinton's inner circle.[14] These sources included advisers, aides of Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, and Clinton herself.[14][15]

New York Times Best Seller, it was negatively received by critics, who felt the authors had portrayed Clinton too sympathetically.[16][17][18] Jodi Kantor of The New York Times accused Clinton's senior adviser Philippe Reines of meddling, commenting that "You can almost hear Philippe Reines, Clinton's crafty public relations aide, parceling out anecdotes."[17]

A widely publicized finding from Allen and Parnes' reporting was an enemies list compiled by Clinton's campaign staff in 2008. The list bifurcated Democratic politicians who had stayed close with Clinton and those who endorsed Barack Obama.[19] Individuals on the list were rated from a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 being reserved for those perceived to be the most ungrateful for Clinton's past support.[20] Democratic congresspeople rated a 7 included Claire McCaskill, John Kerry, and Jason Altmire.[20]

Shattered

Allen and Parnes closely followed Clinton during her 2016 campaign and were given unprecedented access to Clinton's inner circle.[21][15]

In April 2014, Crown Publishing Group officially announced that Allen and Parnes would collaborate on a book centered on Clinton's anticipated 2016 presidential campaign.[15] Both journalists inspected Clinton's campaign and interviewed her campaign staff for a year and a half. In the fallout of Donald Trump's upset victory in 2016, the book turned into a post-mortem examination of the Clinton campaign.[21]

communications director, refuted the book's claims in a blog post.[24] Parnes responded to Reynolds by affirming that they "[stood] by our reporting," and that the photos posted by campaign staffers were not inconsistent with the book's depiction of the campaign.[24]

In 2017, it was reported that TriStar Television had optioned the book for a limited series.[25]

Lucky and Clinton

Parnes and Allen regrouped to draft a book on

racial unrest, and how Biden won based on an unlikely set of circumstances.[26][27][28] The book received mixed reviews from critics, who commended the book for being a valuable historical resource but concluded that it ultimately provided no new insights or ideas. Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post wrote that the book "provides useful detail to understand Biden's victory, even if the framing is not particularly novel."[26] According to Jennifer Szalai of The New York Times, "the granular politicking ably recounted in Lucky is a necessity—but what becomes unintentionally clear is how wasteful so much of it is."[27]

In January 2022, American publishing company

U.S. President Bill Clinton.[29][10] The biography, titled Clinton, follows the pair from the 1960s to Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election.[30]

The Messenger and return to The Hill

After The Hill was sold to

vacation time, and other employee benefits.[33][31] Finkelstein later told Axios that he was considering how to help former employees and reopen the site.[34] The lawsuit was at least the fourth filed in relation to Finkelsein's failure to provide severance pay.[5]

In March 2024, Parnes returned to The Hill as a senior correspondent.[10] In 2024, Parnes began hosting On the QT with Amie Parnes with 2WAY, a live news platform.[35]

Joe Biden photo controversy

In 2013, a photo taken of then Vice President Joe Biden embracing Parnes during a holiday party at Number One Observatory Circle went viral. Conservative outlets such as The Daily Caller accused Biden of groping Parnes.[36] Anchors Matt Lauer, Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie, and Tamron Hall of Today all defended Biden on air, arguing that the photo showed nothing inappropriate.[36]

Since Biden's 2020 presidential campaign launched, altered versions of the photograph have periodically surfaced online. Reuters has reported on two separate edits of the photo that both circulated on Facebook, the latter of which replaced Parnes' likeness with that of then White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.[37][38]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Sunday's birthdays". Politico. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Thomas, Michelle (October 23, 2013). "What I Wear to Work: "The Hill's" Amie Parnes and Elise Viebeck". Washingtonian. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Parnes, Amie (August 9, 2022). "I Finally Got To Date My Crush Years After Middle School. Then The Unthinkable Happened". HuffPost. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ISBN 978-0804136778
    .
  5. ^ a b c d Baragona, Justin (March 15, 2024). "Veteran Reporter and Single Mom Sues The Messenger for Leaving Her 'High and Dry'". Yahoo News. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e Parnes, Amie (February 23, 2024). "How Jimmy Finkelstein Wooed Me to The Messenger—And Left Me High and Dry". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Ryzenberg, Jesica. "HRC's Co-Author & Gal Pal Amie Parnes Gets Candid about Politics, Style and Local Gems". Ryzenberg On. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Patrick (November 20, 2007). "Parnes Joins Politico". Adweek. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "FAU Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment and Science – Prior Institutes". Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d Cusack, Bob; Swanson, Ian (March 13, 2024). "Amie Parnes returning to The Hill as Senior Correspondent". The Hill. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  11. ^ Rothstein, Betsy (November 28, 2011). "Parnes to Smooch for The Hill". Adweek. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  12. ISBN 978-0-553-44708-8
    .
  13. ^ Rudell, B.J. (April 30, 2018). "'I'm contrarian. I'm a curmudgeon. Journalism is my calling.'". Duke Today. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  14. ^
    ISSN 0882-7729
    . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  15. ^ a b c Byers, Dylan (April 15, 2014). "'HRC' authors to write Hillary sequel". POLITICO. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  16. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved September 1, 2023. (subscription required)
  17. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved September 1, 2023. (subscription required)
  18. ISSN 0029-7712
    . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  19. ^ "Who's on Hillary Clinton's 'hit list'?". NBC News. January 13, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  20. ^ a b Parnes, Amie; Allen, Jonathan (January 13, 2014). "Hillary's hit list". The Hill. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  21. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved September 1, 2023. (subscription required)
  22. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. June 25, 2017. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  23. ^ Shribman, David (April 24, 2017). "Review: Shattered by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes is an unforgiving look at Hillary Clinton's campaign". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  24. ^ a b c Beggin, Riley (April 24, 2017). "'Shattered' authors: Bill Clinton pushed for different tone in Hillary's campaign". ABC News. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  25. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved September 3, 2023. (subscription required)
  26. ^ a b Lozada, Carlos (February 28, 2021). "Joe Biden won the presidency by making the most of his lucky breaks". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 1, 2023. (subscription required)
  27. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved September 1, 2023. (subscription required)
  28. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  29. ^ "Sold to Publishers, January 2022". Biographers International Organization. January 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  30. ^ Bresnahan, John; Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake; Cohen, Max; Hall, Christian (December 2, 2021). "Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes penning a book on Bill and Hillary Clinton". Punchbowl News. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  31. ^ a b c Baragona, Justin; Fiallo, Josh (February 1, 2024). "Ex-Staff at The Messenger File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Shuttered Website". Yahoo News. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  32. ^ Pilar Belendez-Desha, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, JAF Communications Inc., 1 U.S. 16, archived from the original
  33. ^ Spangler, Todd (February 2, 2024). "Defunct News Startup The Messenger Sued by Fired Employees, Who Demand Severance Payments and Benefits". Variety. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  34. ^ Fischer, Sara (February 13, 2024). "Jimmy Finkelstein weighs severance for fired staff after Messenger's collapse". Axios. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  35. ^ On The QT with Amie Parnes featuring Marc Caputo. Retrieved April 10, 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  36. ^ a b Kim, Eun-kyung (December 17, 2013). "Photo of famously friendly Biden goes viral". TODAY. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  37. ^ "False claim: Photograph shows Joe Biden groping a reporter". Reuters. April 22, 2020.
  38. ^ "Altered image of Joe Biden and Jen Psaki". Reuters. May 19, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amie Parnes.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amie_Parnes&oldid=1225156532"