Josh Dawsey

Josh Dawsey
Born1989 or 1990
EducationUniversity of South Carolina (BA)
OccupationJournalist

Josh Dawsey (born 1989/1990) is an American journalist who is a political investigations reporter for The Wall Street Journal.[1]

Education

Dawsey was born in 1989 or 1990 to Debbie (née Moore) and Carl Dawsey.[2][3][4] He is from Aynor, South Carolina.[4] In 2003, while attending Aynor High School, he expressed an interest in pursuing an interest in journalism.[5] He won first place in a regional spelling bee in 2004 and competed at the 2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee.[6][7] In 2010, he interned for 10 weeks with The Island Packet in Hilton Head.[4] In 2010, he was news editor of The Daily Gamecock at the University of South Carolina.[4] He received a B.A. in journalism from the college.

Career

Dawsey began his career as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, first covering Governor Chris Christie before being assigned to New York to write about Mayor Bill de Blasio. He moved to Politico to become a White House reporter in 2016,[8] before assuming the same role at The Washington Post in 2017.[9]

Dawsey won the White House Correspondents Association's Award for Deadline Reporting in 2018 and again in 2019.[10][11] He was part of a team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the January 6 United States Capitol attack. He was part of a team that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for an extensive set of stories about the role of the AR-15 in American life.

Dawsey, with Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf, authored the 2025 book 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America.[12]

Dawsey won the White House Correspondents Association's Aldo Beckman Memorial Award in 2026.

References

  1. ↑ "The Wall Street Journal Announces Key New Hires for DC Bureau". Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ Williams, A. Renee (November 6, 1994). "Animals, Indians at Swampfest '94". The Sun News. p. 1C. Retrieved July 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ↑ "Geneva Lee Moore". The Sun News. March 9, 2007. p. 11C. Retrieved July 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Newsmakers". The Sun News. June 17, 2010. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ↑ Massey, Terry. "Me and My Shadow Show How Easy It Is". The Sun News. p. 1B. Retrieved July 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ↑ Maines, Sophia (March 17, 2004). "Winner Takes All". The Sun News. p. 1C. Retrieved July 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Spelling Success". The Sun News. March 19, 2004. p. 10A. Retrieved July 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ↑ "WSJ reporter Dawsey hired by Politico to cover White House - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. December 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  9. ↑ Pompeo, Joe (November 3, 2017). "The Washington Post Poaches West-Wing Savant Josh Dawsey from Politico". The Hive. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  10. ↑ "2019 Winners". White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA). Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  11. ↑ "2018 Winners". White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA). Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  12. ↑ Bressner, Mike Allen,Noah (March 6, 2025). "Exclusive: Big new Trump book from Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf". Axios.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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