Joan Walsh

Joan Maureen Walsh is an American political pundit and journalist who is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation and was a political analyst at CNN. She produced the 2020 documentary "The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show." She is also a former editor-in-chief of Salon and author of the book What's the Matter with White People?[1]

This article is about the journalist. For the mathematician, see Joan E. Walsh.
Joan Walsh
Walsh at Social Media Weekend 2018
Born (1958-09-18) September 18, 1958
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin (BA)
OccupationJournalist
ChildrenNora Walsh DeVries

Early life and education

Walsh was born in September 1958 in Brooklyn[2] to an Irish Catholic family;[3] in 1960, her family moved to Oceanside, Long Island.[2] She has one brother and one sister. At the age of 13, her family moved to a northern suburb of Milwaukee where she attended high school.[4] Her mother died when she was 17.[4] She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.[4]

Career

When online magazine Salon launched in 1998, Walsh became its first news editor, and later, for six years, its editor-in-chief.[5] In 2015, she left Salon for The Nation, but continued to work as an analyst at MSNBC.[5]

On December 23, 2017, Walsh revealed that MSNBC had chosen not to renew her contract, which the network said was a decision made because of an annual review. In their statement, MSNBC also said that "Unfortunately we couldn’t renew Joan, but she and her distinct perspective will still be invited on our shows."[6] She had worked there for twelve years, six of them under contract. The decision prompted critical reactions from other MSNBC personalities, including Joy Reid and Chris Hayes. Some of Walsh's supporters also protested MSNBC's decision using the Twitter hashtag #KeepJoanWalsh.[7] Later that day, Walsh tweeted that she would move to CNN in 2018, which was soon confirmed by a CNN spokeswoman.[8][1] It was announced on December 14, 2020 that her contract with CNN would not be renewed.

On April 1, 2018, Kyle Kashuv, a witness of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, tweeted that Walsh "liked" a tweet criticizing him. She replied, "Are you really policing who 'likes' tweets from a grieving Parkland father who lost his daughter? Good luck handling your stress, Kyle."[9]

Personal life

She is divorced and has one daughter,[10] Nora Walsh DeVries.[11][12]

Books
  • (with C. W. Nevius) Splash Hit! Pacific Bell Park and the San Francisco Giants (Chronicle Books, 2001)
  • What's the Matter with White People? Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was (Wiley, 2012)

References
  1. Stevens, Matt (2017-12-23). "Joan Walsh's Contract at MSNBC Is Not Renewed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  2. Walsh, Joan (16 April 2013). What's the Matter with White People?: Finding Our Way in the Next America. p. 72. ISBN 9781476733128.
  3. North, James; Weiss, Philip (April 21, 2011). "Joan Walsh discloses her religious investment in a political issue". Mondoweiss. The choice issue is a very tough issue, especially for those of us raised Catholic
  4. Zeff, Blake (March 19, 2015). ""I've had a really fun life": Joan Walsh opens up on her childhood, career — and online critics". Salon (website).
  5. Arana, Gabriel (September 23, 2015). "Joan Walsh Leaves Salon For The Nation Magazine". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2020. The Nation magazine has hired Joan Walsh, a prominent Salon contributor who previously served as Salon’s editor-in-chief for six years. Walsh, who started at Salon as the site’s first news editor in 1998, joins The Nation as national affairs correspondent. Walsh will continue her role as an analyst at MSNBC
  6. Canfield, David (2017-12-24). "Joan Walsh joins CNN after being dropped by MSNBC". EW.com. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  7. Littleton, Cynthia (2017-12-24). "Political Analyst Joan Walsh Moves to CNN After Being Dropped by MSNBC". Variety. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  8. Karlis, Nicole (2017-12-23). "Joan Walsh will move to CNN after MSNBC contract not renewed". Salon. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  9. Borchers, Callum (April 4, 2018). "So, what are the rules of engagement with the Parkland teens?". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  10. Walsh, Joan (February 17, 2000). "Confessions of a former self-hating white person – It took a broken heart to teach me that guilty white liberals aren't the solution to America's racial strife, but part of the problem". Salon. I had a husband, and he was white (Jewish, for the record, which my ex didn't consider white, but my black friends mostly did)
  11. McDermott, Peter (October 31, 2012). "Family's divide mirrors nation's since '60s". Irish Echo].
  12. "Nora Walsh-Devries '08". Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. Retrieved May 27, 2018.


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