Amy Holmes
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| Born | July 25, 1973 Mercury Radio Arts |
Amy Mulenga Holmes[1] (born July 25, 1973) is a Zambian-born American journalist and political commentator. Holmes co-hosted, with fellow commentator Michael Gerson, a politically conservative-oriented talk show on PBS titled In Principle.[2] She is a former contributor to NBC News.
Holmes formerly was a news anchor on
TheBlaze TV and a former host of TheBlaze's news discussion program Real News. From 2015 to 2016, she hosted Way Too Early, which airs weekdays on MSNBC at 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time, as a lead-in to Morning Joe. She also has appeared as an independent political contributor for CNN and on Fox News, and has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher numerous times.[3]
Life and career
Holmes was born in Lusaka,
Washington, after her parents divorced when she was three.[4]
Holmes received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in economics from Princeton University in 1994. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She is a conservative independent.[3]
She has guest co-hosted .
After working for
Majority Leader.[7]
Holmes resides in New York City.
See also
References
- ^ "Association of Black Princeton Alumni". Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "PBS launching new conservative political talk show". Seattle Times. February 28, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "CNN". cnn.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ a b Holmes, Amy (January 21, 2008). "Amy Holmes Pt. 1 – The Q&A Cafe with Carol Joynt". YouTube (Interview). Interviewed by Carol Joynt. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Amy Holmes: Political Commentator". People Magazine. May 8, 2000. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
- ^ Argetsinger, Amy; Roberts, Roxanne (November 28, 2006). "Hot Topics but No Heated Discussions As Amy Holmes Sits In on 'The View'". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 27, 2011. (in The Reliable Source)
- ^ Baker, Scott; Stephans, Liz (August 10, 2011), Blaze Editor-In-Chief Scott Baker Sits Down with Blaze GBTV News Anchor Amy Holmes, The B-Cast with Scott Baker & Liz Stephans, archived from the original (podcast) on November 7, 2012
Further reading
- Limpert, Ann; Washingtonian magazine. Archived from the originalon November 10, 2006. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- CNN Anchor profile (archived)