John Harwood (journalist)

American journalist (born 1956)

John Harwood (born November 5, 1956) is an American journalist who worked as White House Correspondent for CNN from February 2021 until September 2022. Harwood was formerly an editor at large for CNBC. He was the chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC) While in high school, Harwood served as a copy boy for the Washington Star, his first journalism job.

After graduating from college, Harwood joined the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, working in Tampa Bay, Tallahassee, and Washington. He traveled to South Africa, covering developments in the final years of apartheid. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from 1989 to 1990. as well as NBC's Meet the Press, and MSNBC's Morning Joe. He and co author Gerald Seib were Tim Russert's guests in Russert's last taped interview for Russert's MSNBC eponymous interview program, which was to air the weekend of June 14, 2008, just hours before Russert's death. Harwood was a moderator for CNBC's Republican primary presidential debate on October 28, 2015. Harwood was criticized by both the debate candidates, the media and his own CNBC colleagues for his performance as moderator. Harwood saw further criticism after the personal email account of John Podesta, who was then chairman of the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, was hacked and had its contents published by the website WikiLeaks in October and November 2016. Among the emails were several from Harwood that some critics said indicated an unprofessional level of closeness or collusion between the two, including an email from May 2015 in which Harwood warned Podesta that then candidate Ben Carson could represent "real trouble" to the Clinton campaign. The emails also revealed that Harwood had asked Podesta which questions he should ask Republican candidate Jeb Bush during a debate. Harwood drew scrutiny from conservative critics on February 6, 2020, when he claimed that President Donald Trump was in "deep psychological distress" following his press conference after the U. S. Senate voted to acquit him on both articles of impeachment. On 2 September 2022, Harwood announced his departure from CNN via Twitter which many sources believe was unplanned, and a result of his disagreement with the network's new owners attempt to shift the network to the right.