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| | name = Rachel Maddow | |||
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| | birthname = Rachel Anne Maddow | |||
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| '''Rachel Anne Maddow''' (born April 1, 1973) is an American ], television host, and ].<ref>Margot Adler, '''', npr.org, ''All Things Considered,'' October 23, 2008</ref> Her syndicated talk radio program, '']'', airs on ]. Maddow also hosts a nightly television show, '']'', on ];<ref>{{cite news |url=http://baywindows.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=008EC9FBCFF24AD18614290016BE1303&nm=Current+Issue&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&AudID=0813BC739F2044E5A03DCF2DE3FDF7C9&tier=4&id=127263CEC4614F02984E3D5D693FD27B |work=] |last=Weisbert |first=Julie |title=Talking things up |date=2007-08-23 |accessdate=2007-09-08}}</ref> she is a former guest host of '']'' and other MSNBC shows. | |||
| Maddow is the first ] anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States.<ref> </ref><ref name="variety">{{cite web |work=Variety |title=Maddow's unique style spikes ratings|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000926.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |first=Ted |last=Johnson |date=March 6, 2009}}</ref><ref name="lgbtqnews">{{cite web |work=lgbtQnews |title=Olbermann welcomes Rachel Maddow to MSNBC|url=http://lgbtqnews.com/gaynews/olbermann-welcomes-rachel-maddow-to-msnbc.aspx |date=August 19, 2008}}</ref><ref name="frisky">{{cite web |work=The Frisky |title=The Greatest & Gayest Headlines Of 2008|url=http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-the-great-gay-headlines-of-2008/ |first=Simcha |last=Whitehill |date=December 18, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| ==Education== | |||
| A graduate of ] in ], Maddow earned a degree in ] from ] in 1994.<ref name="stan9">{{cite news |work=Stanford Magazine |title=Making Ariwaves: Broadcaster Rachel Maddow is succeeding at her goal of 'lefty rabblerousing' |url=http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2008/mayjun/pc/maddow.html |date=May/June 2008 |first=Barrett |last=Sheridan}}</ref> At graduation she was awarded the John Gardner Fellowship. She was also the recipient of a ] and began her postgraduate study in 1995 at ]. In 2001, she completed her ] degree (styled a DPhil)<!-- please do not change to "PhD" as the degree is called a "DPhil" by the institution granting the degree --> in ] from the ].<ref name="chief">{{cite news |work=Kansas City Star |title=MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow are young, geeky and hot |url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/aaron_barnhart/story/661526.html |first=Aaron |last=Barnhart |date=2008-06-14}}</ref> Her doctoral thesis is titled ''HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons.'' She was the first ] American to win a Rhodes scholarship.<ref name="afterellen">{{cite web |work=afterellen.com |title=Rachel Maddow Becomes First Out Lesbian to Host Prime-Time News Show|url=http://www.afterellen.com/TV/2008/8/rachelmaddow |first=Sarah |last=Warn |date=August 20, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |work=The Guardian |title=Gay TV host is liberal queen of US news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/28/television.rachel.maddow |first=Christopher |last=Goodwin |date=September 28, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| ==Radio career== | |||
| Maddow's first radio hosting job was at ] (100.9 FM, ]). The station held a contest for a new on-air personality and Maddow won the contest.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Advocate |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13176024_ITM |title=Left and centered: Air America radio's Rachel Maddow is out, brilliant, and ready to defend the other L word: liberal |first=Etelka |last=Lehoczky |date=2004-08-31}}</ref> She was hired to co-host WRNX's then premier morning show, ''The Dave in the Morning Show''. She later went on to host ''Big Breakfast'' on ], in ], for two years. She left the show to join the newly-created ] in March 2004.<ref name="chief"/> There she hosted '']'' along with ] and ] until its cancellation on March 31, 2005.<ref>{{cite news |work=Southern Voice Atlanta |title=Two ‘L-words’; Morning host adds 'lesbian' to 'liberal' radio's success |url=http://www.sovo.com/2005/1-28/arts/feature/lwords.cfm |date=2005-01-28 |first=Dyana |last=Bagby}}</ref> Two weeks later, on April 14, her own two-hour-long program, '']'', began airing; it was expanded to three hours on March 10, 2008. It was broadcast live from New York from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ] on weekdays, with ] filling in the third hour for the call-in section when Maddow was on TV assignment. On September 8, 2008, The Rachel Maddow Show returned to a two-hour format as Maddow began her nightly MSNBC television program. On February 2, 2009, after renewing her contract with Air America, Maddow returned to a one hour, 5 a.m. morning slot.<ref>{{cite web |work= Air America.com |url=http://www.airamerica.com/content/rachel-maddow-renews-air-america-media|title=Rachel Maddow Renews With Air America Media|date=February 2, 2009|}}</ref> | |||
| ==Television career== | |||
| In June 2005 Maddow became a regular panelist on ]'s ''].''<ref name="parn">{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Parnass |work=Daily Hampshire Gazette |url=http://www.dailyhampshiregazette.com/storytmp_v6.cfm?id_no=61501202005 |title=Maddow joins new program on MSNBC |date=June 15, 2005}}</ref> During and after the ], she was a frequent guest on ]'s ''].'' In January 2008, Maddow was given the position of MSNBC political analyst and was a regular panelist on MSNBC's '']'' with ] and MSNBC's election coverage, as well as a frequent contributor on ''].''<ref name="chief"/> | |||
| On April 4, 2008, Maddow was the substitute host for ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', her first time hosting a program on MSNBC. Maddow described herself on air as "nervous." ] complimented her work and she was brought back to host "Countdown" on May 16, 2008. That day, ''Countdown'' was the highest rated news program in the key 25–54 year old demographic.<ref>{{cite news |date=2008-05-16 |work=TV Newser |title=The Scoreboard: Friday, May 16 |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_friday_may_16_85159.asp#more}}</ref> For her success, Olbermann awarded Maddow the 3rd ranking in his regular segment, "World's Best Persons" on the following Monday, calling her "World's Best Pinch-Hitter."<ref>{{cite news |work=MSNBC |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24716290#24716290 |title=World's Best Persons May 20, 2008 |first=Keith |last=Olbermann |date=2008-05-20}}</ref> Maddow filled in again on ''Countdown'' for eight-and-a-half broadcasts while Olbermann was on vacation in July 2008 (including the latter half of the July 21 show).<ref name="nytimes072008">{{cite news |work=] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/arts/television/17madd.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin |title=Now in Living Rooms, the Host Apparent |first=Jacques |last=Steinberg |date=2008-07-17 |accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> Maddow has also filled in for David Gregory as host of ''Race for the White House''.<ref name="chief"/> | |||
| MSNBC announced on August 19, 2008, that '']'' would replace '']'' in the channel's 9PM ET time slot beginning September 8, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |date=2008-08-20 |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26314670/ |agency=Associated Press |title=Political commentator Maddow gets own show}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2008-08-19 |url=http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/rachel-maddow-to-replace-dan-abrams-on-msnbc/ |work=The New York Times |title=Rachel Maddow to Replace Dan Abrams on MSNBC |first=Bill |last=Carter}}</ref> Since its debut, the show has topped ''Countdown'' as the highest rated show on ] on several occasions.<ref>{{cite web |work=Huffington Post |title=Rachel Maddow Ratings: Beats Olbermann's "Countdown" To Be MSNBC's Top Show |first=Danny |last=Shae |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/18/rachel-maddow-ratings-bea_n_127391.html |date=2008-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |title=A Fresh Female Face Amid Cable Schoolboys |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/arts/television/25watc.html |first=Alessandra |last=Stanley |date=2008-09-25}}</ref> After being on air for a little over a month, Maddow's program doubled the audience for MSNBC's 9PM hour.<ref name="ntf">{{cite news |title=Fresh Face on Cable, Sharp Rise in Ratings |first=Brian |last=Stelter |work=The New York Times |date=October 21, 2008 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/arts/television/21madd.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin |page=C1}}</ref> Maddow's ratings peaked during the ] and since have fallen from an average 1.9 million viewers to 1.1 million viewers in March 2009, part of a general decline in cable news ratings since that point.<ref name="lat042209">{{cite news |first=Yvonne |last=Villarreal |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Obama won, now what does Maddow's future hold? |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-maddow22-2009apr22,0,4939507.story |date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> However, for the first time in the more than ten years MSNBC has been on the air the network has moved ahead of CNN in primetime and in the key 25-54 year old demographic, in large part due to Maddow taking over the 9pm Monday through Friday spot where she now regularly beats Larry King in the key demo and often in overall ratings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0309/For_first_time_MSNBC_tops_CNN_in_primetime_.html| work=Politico.com|title= For First Time, MSNBC Tops CNN In Primetime|first=Michael|last=Calderone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/april_ratings_msnbc_tops_cnn_in_primetime_demo_again_115176.asp|work=Media Bistro|title=April Ratings: MSNBC Tops CNN in Primetime Demo Again|}}</ref> | |||
| ==Honors and awards== | |||
| Maddow was named in '']'' magazine's "Out 100" list of the "gay men and women who moved culture" in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |work=Out Magazine |url=http://www.out.com/out100/nominees_1.asp |title=The Out 100: The men and women who made 2008 a year to remember |date=November 4, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| Maddow was voted "Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year (American)" in ]'s 2008 Visibility Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=The AfterEllen.com 2008 Visibility Awards |publisher=AfterEllen.com |url=http://www.afterellen.com/TV/2008/12/visibilityawards |date=December 17, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| Maddow won a Gracie Award in 2009, presented by the ].<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Tanklefsky |title=Rachel Maddow, Suze Orman Among the Winners of AWRT's Gracie Awards |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/179792-Rachel_Maddow_Suze_Orman_Among_the_Winners_of_AWRT_s_Gracie_Awards.php |date=February 24, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| Also in 2009, Maddow was nominated for ]'s 20th Annual Media Awards for a segment of her MSNBC show, "Rick Warren, Change To Believe In?", in the Outstanding TV Journalism Segment category.<ref>{{cite web |title=Twentieth Annual GLAAD Media Award Nominees |publisher=Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation |url=http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/20thAnnual/nominees.php |date=January 27, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| On March 28, 2009, Maddow received a Proclamation of Honor from the California State Senate, presented in San Francisco by California State Senator Mark Leno.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mother Jones flikr photo stream | publisher=Mother Jones |url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/motherjones/3398767311/ |date= March 28, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| In April 2009 she was named in ]'s Annual Power 50 List, landing at number 4.<ref>http://www.out.com/power50/covers.asp?category=4.%20Rachel%20Maddow</ref> | |||
| Maddow placed no.6 in the "2009 AfterEllen.com Hot 100" list (May 11, 2009)<ref>In http://www.afterellen.com/people/2009/hot100?page=0%2C1</ref> and no.3 in their "2009 Hot 100: Out Women" version.<ref> http://www.afterellen.com/people/2009/outwomen </ref> | |||
| Maddow is included on a list of openly gay media professionals in ]'s "Forty under 40" issue of June/July 2009.<ref>http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid82422.asp?page=5 Forty Under 40: Media</ref> | |||
| In June of 2009, Maddow's MSNBC show was the only cable news show nominated for a ] award in the ''Outstanding Achievement in News and Information'' category.<ref> {{cite web|title=Television Critics Association Announces 2009 Award Nominees|publisher=tvcritics.org|url=http://tvcritics.org/television-critics-association-announces-2009-award-nominees/|}}</ref> | |||
| ==Political views== | |||
| An editorial in '']'' describes Maddow as "a ] in the purest, almost mineral sense of the word."<ref name="liberal">{{cite news |first=Rebecca |last=Traister |work=The Nation |title=Rachel Maddow's Life and Career |url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/traister |date=July 30, 2008}}</ref> Associated Press columnist ] calls her " Olbermann's political soul mate" and refers to the Olbermann/Maddow shows as a "liberal two-hour block".<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Bauder |agency=Associated Press |title=O'Reilly, Olbermann: polar opposites of campaign |url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7u4RWI5m_VoFGwSDFYs8p1bh-WwD942JRPOA |date=October 26, 2008}}</ref> However, Maddow describes herself as more nuanced, saying in one interview that she is a "national security liberal"<ref name="steinberg" /> and in another that she is "not a partisan" and objects to being typecast.<ref name="kurtz">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603069.html?sid=ST2008082703302&s_pos= |title=Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's Newest Left Hand |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |work=Washington Post |page=A20 |date=August 27, 2008 |accessdate=January 24, 2009}}</ref> '']'' describes another facet of her politics, calling her a "defense policy wonk"<ref name="steinberg">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/arts/television/17madd.html?scp=6&sq=rachel%20maddow&st=cse |title=Now in Living Rooms, the Host Apparent |last=Steinberg |first=Jacques |work=New York Times |date=July 17, 2008 |accessdate=January 24, 2009}}</ref> who is currently writing a book on the role of the military in postwar American politics.<ref name="steinberg" /><ref name="gold">{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/29/entertainment/et-maddow29 |title=MSNBC’s new liberal spark plug |last=Gold |first=Matea |work=] |date=September 29, 2008 |accessdate=January 24, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| During the 2008 presidential election, Maddow did not formally support any candidate. Concerning ]'s candidacy, Maddow said, "I have never and still don't think of myself as an Obama supporter, either professionally or actually."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/traister |title=Rachel Maddow's Life and Career |work=The Nation |date=August 18, 2008 |accessdate=March 10, 2009}}</ref> | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Maddow was born in ] to Robert B. "Bob" Maddow, a former Air Force captain and an attorney for the ], and Elaine Maddow (née Gosse), a school program administrator from ], ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/209944/november-06-2008/rachel-maddow |work=] |title=November 6, 2008: Rachel Maddow |publisher=Comedy Central |date=November 6, 2008}}</ref><ref name="gdiv3">{{cite news |last=France |first=Louise |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/08/rachel-maddow-american-television |title=Interview: 'I'm not a TV anchor babe. I'm a big lesbian who looks like a man' |work=] |date=February 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name="ref09">{{cite news|last=LaBerge|first=Germaine|coauthors=|title=INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT MADDOW|pages=|publisher=University of California Berkeley|date=]|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/watersupplyrights00maddrich/watersupplyrights00maddrich_djvu.txt|accessdate=2009-08-02}}</ref> She has one older brother, David. Maddow was raised a strict ] in a community that her mother has described as "very conservative."<ref name="newsweek1">{{cite news|last=Baird|first=Julia|coauthors=|title=When Left is Right|pages=|publisher=Newsweek|date=]|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/170385/page/3|accessdate=2009-08-02}}</ref><ref name="xan">{{cite book |first=Xander |last=Cricket |title=Rachel Maddow: A Neowonk Guide to the Leftist, Lesbian Pundit |date=2009 |isbn=978-1442122673}}</ref> Maddow always excelled in academics and athletics. Referencing ] films, she describes herself in high school as "a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl."<ref name="xan"/> | |||
| Maddow lives in ] and rural ] with her partner, artist Susan Mikula.<ref name="Bantering">{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |title=Weekday bantering is balanced by quiet New England weekends |url=http://www.eric-goldscheider.com/maddow.html |date=2005-02-24 |first=Eric |last=Goldscheider |accessdate=2009-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=AirAmerica.com |url=http://www.airamerica.com/maddow/bio |title=Rachel Maddow Biography |accessdate=2007-05-26}}</ref> The couple met in 1999, when Mikula hired Maddow, who was then working on her doctoral dissertation, to do yard work at her home.<ref name="Bantering"/> She does not own a television set,<ref>{{cite news |first=Liz |last=Wolgemuth |work=U.S. News & World Report |title=Rachel Maddow: MSNBC's Smart Hire |url=http://www.usnews.com/blogs/the-inside-job/2008/9/24/rachel-maddow-msnbcs-smart-hire.html |date=2008-09-24}}</ref> but reportedly is committed to getting one so that Mikula can watch her show.<ref name="ntf"/> As of 2009, Maddow and Mikula do not plan to be married, though living in Massachusetts gives them the option.<ref name="xan"/> | |||
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