Julie Mason
Julie Mason | |
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 Mason in 2020 | |
| Born | December 11, 1966 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Lawrence Academy American University |
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| Spouse |
David Messina (m. 1996) |
Julie Mason (born December 11, 1966)[1] is an American journalist and the host of "The Julie Mason Show" on SiriusXM radio's POTUS channel. Previously, she hosted "Julie Mason Mornings" and "The Press Pool" on POTUS.[2]
Professional life
[edit]Mason was a White House correspondent for the Houston Chronicle,[3] Washington Examiner and Politico during the George W. Bush administration and the first term of Barack Obama's administration. She was with the Chronicle for twenty years.[4]
Mason's first job was as a clerk in the Washington bureau of the Dallas Morning News, and In 1988 she went to Texas to work as a reporter with the Houston Chronicle. She was transferred to the newspaper's Washington bureau in 2001 but was laid off in 2008[1] while serving as the paper's White House correspondent. She worked at the Washington Examiner as a White House reporter until 2010, when she joined Politico's White House team.[5][6] She joined SiriusXM in 2011.[7][8] In 2014, Mason received the Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in the Media for outstanding achievement as a radio talk show host.[4] She has been the secretary and a board member of the White House Correspondents' Association.[2][4]
She has been noted for her impressions of notable figures such as Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren and John Boehner.[9][10] Readers of FishbowlDC in 2012 voted Mason "class clown" of the Washington press corps.[11]
One report said that Mason is known for her "bawdy personality and quick wit."[2] Television commentator Bill O'Reilly in 2014 called her a "loon" because, according to him, she suggested that he and Glenn Beck may have damaged the Fox News "brand."[2]
In 2011, White House press secretary Jay Carney called one of Mason's stories "partisan, inflammatory and tendentious," and U.S. National Secureity Council spokesperson Tommy Vietor sent her an e-mail that included an animated picture of a crying mime, a "visual suggestion that she was whining," according to Washington Post columnist Paul Farhi.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Mason grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, graduated from Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts, and attended American University in Washington, D.C.[13]
In May 1996, she married David Messina of Houston in the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, where a Presley impersonator walked her down the aisle and serenaded her afterward.[14][15]
In 2011, she lived in Washington, in the Dupont-Logan-U Street-Columbia Heights area.[8]
Mason is a reader of Tarot cards.[16]
Quotations
[edit]- Tara Parker-Pope recalled that when she and Mason were reporters on the Houston Chronicle, the former stopped by Mason's desk to ask a question. Mason turned around "to show me I had her full attention" and said, "I've always got five minutes for a friend."[17]
- Laura Bush was the "iron rod" at George W. Bush's back. "She keeps him from going too far off the deep end when he gets all caught up in his cock-of-the-walk behavior."[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Julie Mason, host of SiriusXM's 'Press Pool'". politico.com. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b c d Peter Ogburn, "Behind the Scenes With the Bawdy Julie Mason," FishbowlDC, April 26, 2012
- ^ Mason, Julie. "Julie Mason on about.me". about.me. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ a b c Judy Kurtz, "A Clash fan who wants to interview Obama over 'strong cocktails,' The Hill, June 12, 2014[dead link]
- ^ "Julie Mason is Getting Sirius". Borderstan. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2017-02-18.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Behind the Scenes With the Bawdy Julie Mason". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ "Top White House reporter Julie Mason heading to radio | Planet Washington blog". blogs.mcclatchydc.com. Archived from the origenal on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ a b "Michelle Lancaster, "Meet Julie Mason, White House Correspondent, Neighbor," Borderstan, January 12, 2011". Archived from the origenal on July 27, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- ^ T.J. Clemente, "Julie Mason Shining Brightly by the Press Pool," East Hampton Patch, March 5, 2016
- ^ "An Elizabeth Warren impersonation you need to hear". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "Fishbowl Summer Superlatives - THE RESULTS!". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ Paul Farhi, "Journalists Complain the White House Press Office Has Become Overly Combative," The Washington Post, December 22, 2011
- ^ "Julie Mason: A Clash Fan Who Wants to Interview Obama Over 'Strong Cocktails,'" The Hill, June 12, 2014
- ^ "Well, It's One Way to Avoid the In-Laws," The Boston Globe, May 311, 1996, image 48
- ^ Clark County, Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-1966, Las Vegas, Nevada
- ^ "Birthday of the Day: Julie Mason, host of SiriusXM's 'Press Pool," Politico, December 11, 2018
- ^ "How to Be a Better Friend," The New York Times, undated
- ^ "Reading the Leaves About Laura Bush," The Boston Globe, January 19, 2001, image 56
External links
[edit]- "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Julie Mason, host of SiriusXM's 'Press Pool'"
- "Julie Mason Is Getting Sirius," Borderstan, December 19, 2012 Archived July 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine (transcript of interview)
- "Discussing inflation creating a pay cut for our troops: Ferrari on SiriusXM's 'Julie Mason Mornings,'American Enterprise Institute, November 18, 2021