Ashley Parker is a respected journalist who has covered political news throughout her nearly 20-year writing career. Parker became known as The Washington Post White House reporter. The political journalist worked for the New York Times in Washington, DC on the White House for six years before being signed to the Washington Post.
Aside from working as a reporter, the proficient journalist has also worked as an editor and writer at The Daily Pennsylvanian. Some of her writings have been published in respected journals such as The New York Sun. Read on to learn more about the adept political reporter.
Ashley Parker Biography
The prominent journalist was born in Bethesda,Maryland, United States of America in 1982 to her parents Bruce and Betty Parker. Her father was the founder and president of a Washington-based trade association called the Environmental Industries Association, while her mother served as a gardner in Washington. She has a sister named Justine Parker.
Ashley Parker completed her elementary education from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. She went to two different universities to complete her higher education – Universidad de Sevilla in Spain. There she became fluent in Spanish and earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.
The skillful reporter eyed BenjaminFranklin Fellowship. When she was in her senior year at university, she was honored with the Nora Magid Mentorship Prize for writing. Before graduating, Parker did internships at The New York Sun and Gaithersburg Gazette. During this time, she also worked as an editor and writer for the University of Pennsylvania’s independent student journal called Daily Pennsylvania.
Her articles have also been published on many magazines such as Glamour, The Huffington Post, among others. As of 2018, the respected journalist was associated with the Washington Post, which served as a reporter for the White House in Washington DC.
Is she married, who is her husband?
Ashley Parker is a married woman. She first came into contact with her husband, Michael C. Bender, who has been a fellow journalist since 2015. The couple began a romantic relationship two years later, and in 2018 they celebrated union at their Washington home with Ashley Parker’s sister Justine Parker’s wedding ceremony.
The husband of Washington Post reporter Michael Bender also works as a political reporter, covering American politics for The Wall Street Journal. He previously worked as a writer for Bloomberg in Washington, DC. His father, Michael W. Bender, works at RSM, an accounting, tax and consulting firm in Baltimore, while her mother serves as general manager of Malleys Chocolates Strongsville.
More Washington Post reporter facts
1. Ashley Parker covered Chelsea Clinton’s wedding
The political journalist did an excellent job covering the wedding ceremony of Bill Clinton’s only child, a former US President named Chelsea Clinton, who tied the knot with her husband Mark Mezvinsky in 2010.
2. She is a classmate of Andrew Freiburg
The respected journalist graduated in 2001 with White House reporter for Breakfast Media Andrew Freiburg from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.
3. Her facial reaction meme
Ashley Parker’s facial reaction during the speech by White House press secretary and communications director Sean Spicer became a trending meme.
4. Her Vanity Fair picture
The image where the political reporter was taped to her computer while writing for various magazines was published in Vanity Fair Magazine.
5. Ashley Parker is a mom
Parker welcomed her first child, a daughter, with husband Michael C. Bender in November 2018.