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| '''Nedra Pickler''' (born 1975) is an ] national political ] employed by the ] (AP) since 2000. She covered the ]s in 2004 and 2008. An award winner during the phase of her career in which she reported on the ]'s ], she has been repeatedly accused of unfair reporting on the Democratic Party candidates in U.S. presidential elections. | |||
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| | education = Michigan State University | |||
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| '''Nedra J. Pickler''' (born October 13, 1975)<ref name="wedding"/> is an American national political ] formerly employed by the ]. She resigned from the AP in 2015 to work as a managing director at ],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nedra Pickler|url=https://gpg.com/team/nedra-pickler/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=Glover Park Group}}</ref> which later merged with two other firms to become Finsbury Glover Hering.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-11|title=Finsbury Glover Hering Completes Merger and Buy-in and Announces Global Executive Leadership|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210111005217/en/Finsbury-Glover-Hering-Completes-Merger-and-Buy-in-and-Announces-Global-Executive-Leadership|access-date=2021-03-19|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| == Background == | == Background == | ||
| Pickler was born in ] to Donald and Marcy Pickler.<ref name="wedding">{{cite news|title=Nedra Pickler, Eric Conner|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/fashion/weddings/25pickler.html|accessdate=May 17, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 25, 2007}}</ref> She grew up in ],<ref>{{Cite web|author=Politico Staff|title=BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Nedra Pickler, managing director at the Glover Park Group|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/13/playbook-birthday-nedra-pickler-429127|access-date=2021-03-19|website=POLITICO|language=en}}</ref> and later moved to ], where she attended ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Foren|first=John|title=Flint -area mom of presidential campaign reporter is plenty proud, says Flint Journal columnist John Foren|url=http://www.mlive.com/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2008/06/flint_area_mom_of_presidential.html|date=June 21, 2008|work=Flint Journal}}</ref> In 1998, she graduated from ] with a degree in journalism.<ref name=MSUAA>{{cite web|last=Bao|first=Robert|title=Nedra Pickler: Road to the White House|url=http://www.alumni.msu.edu/magazine/archive/viewarticle.cfm?articleid=1201|work=MSU Alumni Magazine|publisher=Michigan State University Alumni Association|accessdate=May 17, 2011|date=Spring 2007}}</ref> | |||
| Pickler was born in ]. She grew up in ] and later back in ] where she attended ].<ref>]<ref>, '']''</ref> while attaining a degree in journalism from ] .<ref name="school">''Detroit Free Press''. </ref> Pickler is married to Eric Conner, an employee of ].<ref name="wedding">''New York Times''. 25 November 2007. </ref> | |||
| == Career == | == Career == | ||
| Pickler was hired by the Detroit offices of Associated Press shortly after graduating from ]<ref name="wedding"/> |
Pickler was hired by the ] offices of the ''Associated Press'' in 1998 shortly after graduating from ].<ref name="wedding"/> In March 2000, she transferred from the ] bureau to the ] bureau where she won the annual John L. Dougherty Award for her work covering the ].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Editor & Publisher|title=APME Presents Annual Awards|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/APME-Presents-Annual-Awards|date=1 August 2001}}</ref> | ||
| AP promoted Pickler to cover national political issues in December 2002. She was the lead reporter covering the Democratic Party candidates in the ]. |
AP promoted Pickler to cover national political issues in December 2002. She was the lead reporter covering the Democratic Party candidates in the ]. Pickler was criticized by liberal bloggers for her critical coverage, which they called "Nit Picklering,"<ref>{{cite web|last1=YGLESIAS|first1=MATTHEW|title=Nit Picklering|url=http://prospect.org/article/nit-picklering|website=The American Prospect|date=20 January 2004}}</ref> although candidate ] praised her in his book as one of a few "outstanding journalists" in a chapter criticizing media coverage of his candidacy overall.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dean|first1=Howard|title=You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America|date=January 9, 2006|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=0743291492|page=141}}</ref> | ||
| After that election, Pickler worked as a ] until September 2006, leaving to cover national politics, including the ]. ] bid her farewell personally, saying: "Nedra, baby, I’m gonna miss you. I’m sad you’re leaving."<ref name="statesman">'']''. 25 September 2006. A blog by Ken Herman</ref> | |||
| In 2007 the AP sent Pickler to ] to investigate Senator ]'s childhood education. She interviewed some of Obama's childhood friends and teachers and reported that, contrary to some rumors then in circulation, he had been educated in ] and ]. <ref>{{cite news |title=Obama challenges allegation about Islamic school |first=Nedra |last=Pickler |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070124-1317-obama-2008.html |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=2007-01-24 |accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref> | |||
| In January 2007, she wrote an article investigating ] ]'s childhood education in ]. Based on interviews with some of Obama's childhood friends and teachers, she reported that, contrary to some rumors reported from '']'' then in circulation, he had been educated in ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Obama challenges allegation about Islamic school |first=Nedra |last=Pickler |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070124-1317-obama-2008.html |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=2007-01-24 |accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref> On March 27, 2007, Pickler wrote that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (who had ]) had "delivered no policy speeches and provided few details about how he would lead the country" in his campaign up to that point.<ref>Pickler, Nedra (for Associated Press). 27 March 2007. </ref> In his 2020 autobiography, Obama cited<ref>{{Cite book|last=Obama|first=Barack|title=A Promised Land|publisher=Crown|year=2020|isbn=978-1524763169|pages=87}}</ref> the "painful headline Is Obama All Style and Little Substance?" as the result of his head being "crammed with too many facts and too few answers" at that point in the campaign. ] head football coach ] once scolded Pickler when she tried to ask Obama a question during a football stadium tour.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gavin|first1=Patrick|title=Coach Brown Scolds Pickler|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/coach-brown-scolds-pickler/11578|website=FishbowlDC|date=26 February 2008}}</ref> | |||
| === Accusations of poor reporting === | |||
| At a press conference after he won the 2008 election, Obama called on Pickler to pose the first question to him as president-elect.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sweet|first1=Lynn|title=President-elect Obama first press conference. Transcript|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/presidentelect_obama_first_pre.html|website=Chicago Sun-Times|date=7 November 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325054541/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/11/presidentelect_obama_first_pre.html|archivedate=25 March 2015}}</ref> She returned to the White House to cover his presidency before resigning from the AP in 2015 to work as a managing director at ].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hazley|first1=Greg|title=AP White House Scribe Pickler Heads to PR|url=http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/4909/2015-07-06/ap-white-house-scribe-pickler-heads-pr.html|website=O'Dwyer's|date=6 July 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Her reporting of both presidential elections has repeatedly engendered controversy, including factual objections raised by other national political journalists. | |||
| In 2007, media blog Fishbowl DC listed Pickler among the contenders for Washington's hottest "off-air" reporter, but another journalist won after the contest was rigged by bots.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-08-22|title=How bots rigged D.C.'s "hot" reporter contest|url=https://www.salon.com/2007/08/22/fishbowl_bots/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Salon|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| ==== 2004 Democratic presidential race ==== | |||
| In her coverage of the 2004 presidential race, Pickler acknowledged having misquoted ] presidential candidate ]. In January 2004, Dean had mentioned by name one U.S. Senator and one U.S. Representative who had shared his stand at a certain moment on whether the United States should go to ]; but Pickler misquoted Dean as maintaining that no member of Congress had shared his stand.<ref>Welch, Matt. April 2004. '']''</ref> | |||
| In June 2004, an article by Pickler on higher education costs was criticized by the '']'' for accepting Bush advisor ]'s criticism of ] as fact without evaluating the accuracy of Schmidt's claim. ''CJR'' found Schmidt's claim to be misleading.<ref>Roth, Zachary. 29 Jun 2004 '']''</ref> | |||
| ==== 2008 Democratic presidential race ==== | |||
| On 27 March 2007, Pickler wrote that Democratic presidential candidate ] (who had ]) had "delivered no policy speeches and provided few details about how he would lead the country" in his campaign up to that point in an article entitled "Is Obama All Style and Little Substance?".<ref>Pickler, Nedra (for Associated Press). 27 March 2007. </ref> Three weeks earlier, a major American daily newspaper, the '']'', had reported what it termed "a major foreign policy speech" by Obama.<ref name="mmfa 2007">]. 27 March 2007. </ref> | |||
| During the season of presidential primaries, on 23 February 2008, Pickler wrote an article<ref>Pickler, Nedra (for Associated Press). 23 Feb 2008. </ref> that drew approximately 15,000 letters of complaint.<ref name="mmfa 2008">]. 4 March 2008. </ref> Pickler detailed Republican Party efforts to arouse skepticism about the patriotism of Democratic presidential candidate ], relying chiefly on statements by ], a Republican party operative often implicated since the 1972 reelection campaign of U.S. president ] in "]" political maneuvers featuring incivility and/or clandestinity.<ref name="standard">Labash, Matt. 28 January 2008. ''The ]''</ref> | |||
| On July 8, 2008, Pickler authored an analysis that the presumptive presidential nominees, Republican ] and Democrat Barack Obama, had opposite stances on the policy goal of balancing the federal budget by the end of the next presidential term (January 2013).<ref>Pickler, Nedra (for Associated Press). 8 July 2008. </ref> Pickler was criticized for the article in the '']''.<ref name="columbia">Barrett, Liz Cox. 9 July 2008. '']''</ref> | |||
| On November 7, 2008, Pickler was the first reporter chosen by ] to ask a question at his first press conference as ]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:48, 10 December 2024
American journalist| Nedra J. Pickler | |
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| Born | (1975-10-13) October 13, 1975 (age 49) Flint, Michigan |
| Education | Michigan State University |
| Occupation(s) | Managing Director, Glover Park Group |
| Spouse | Eric Conner |
Nedra J. Pickler (born October 13, 1975) is an American national political journalist formerly employed by the Associated Press. She resigned from the AP in 2015 to work as a managing director at The Glover Park Group, which later merged with two other firms to become Finsbury Glover Hering.
Background
Pickler was born in Flint, Michigan to Donald and Marcy Pickler. She grew up in Rector, Arkansas, and later moved to Burton, Michigan, where she attended Bentley High School. In 1998, she graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in journalism.
Career
Pickler was hired by the Detroit offices of the Associated Press in 1998 shortly after graduating from Michigan State University. In March 2000, she transferred from the Lansing bureau to the Washington, D.C. bureau where she won the annual John L. Dougherty Award for her work covering the Firestone and Ford tire controversy.
AP promoted Pickler to cover national political issues in December 2002. She was the lead reporter covering the Democratic Party candidates in the 2004 United States Presidential Election. Pickler was criticized by liberal bloggers for her critical coverage, which they called "Nit Picklering," although candidate Howard Dean praised her in his book as one of a few "outstanding journalists" in a chapter criticizing media coverage of his candidacy overall.
After that election, Pickler worked as a White House correspondent until September 2006, leaving to cover national politics, including the 2008 United States Presidential Election. President Bush bid her farewell personally, saying: "Nedra, baby, I’m gonna miss you. I’m sad you’re leaving."
In January 2007, she wrote an article investigating Senator Barack Obama's childhood education in Indonesia. Based on interviews with some of Obama's childhood friends and teachers, she reported that, contrary to some rumors reported from Insight on the News then in circulation, he had been educated in Roman Catholic and public schools. On March 27, 2007, Pickler wrote that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (who had declared his candidacy February 10) had "delivered no policy speeches and provided few details about how he would lead the country" in his campaign up to that point. In his 2020 autobiography, Obama cited the "painful headline Is Obama All Style and Little Substance?" as the result of his head being "crammed with too many facts and too few answers" at that point in the campaign. University of Texas at Austin head football coach Mack Brown once scolded Pickler when she tried to ask Obama a question during a football stadium tour.
At a press conference after he won the 2008 election, Obama called on Pickler to pose the first question to him as president-elect. She returned to the White House to cover his presidency before resigning from the AP in 2015 to work as a managing director at The Glover Park Group.
In 2007, media blog Fishbowl DC listed Pickler among the contenders for Washington's hottest "off-air" reporter, but another journalist won after the contest was rigged by bots.
References
- ^ "Nedra Pickler, Eric Conner". The New York Times. November 25, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- "Nedra Pickler". Glover Park Group. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- "Finsbury Glover Hering Completes Merger and Buy-in and Announces Global Executive Leadership". www.businesswire.com. 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- Politico Staff. "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Nedra Pickler, managing director at the Glover Park Group". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
- Foren, John (June 21, 2008). "Flint -area mom of presidential campaign reporter is plenty proud, says Flint Journal columnist John Foren". Flint Journal.
- Bao, Robert (Spring 2007). "Nedra Pickler: Road to the White House". MSU Alumni Magazine. Michigan State University Alumni Association. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- Editor & Publisher (1 August 2001). "APME Presents Annual Awards".
{{cite web}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - YGLESIAS, MATTHEW (20 January 2004). "Nit Picklering". The American Prospect.
- Dean, Howard (January 9, 2006). You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America. Simon & Schuster. p. 141. ISBN 0743291492.
- Austin American-Statesman. 25 September 2006. A blog by Ken Herman
- Pickler, Nedra (2007-01-24). "Obama challenges allegation about Islamic school". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- Pickler, Nedra (for Associated Press). 27 March 2007. Is Obama All Style and Little Substance?
- Obama, Barack (2020). A Promised Land. Crown. p. 87. ISBN 978-1524763169.
- Gavin, Patrick (26 February 2008). "Coach Brown Scolds Pickler". FishbowlDC.
- Sweet, Lynn (7 November 2008). "President-elect Obama first press conference. Transcript". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015.
- Hazley, Greg (6 July 2015). "AP White House Scribe Pickler Heads to PR". O'Dwyer's.
- "How bots rigged D.C.'s "hot" reporter contest". Salon. 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2021-03-19.