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Born | Rachel Anne Maddow (1973-04-01) April 1, 1973 (age 51) Castro Valley, California |
Education | B.A., Stanford University DPhil, Oxford University |
Occupation(s) | News anchor and political commentator |
Notable credit(s) | The Rachel Maddow Show (TV) The Rachel Maddow Show (radio) |
Website | http://www.rachelmaddow.com/ www.RachelMaddow.com |
Rachel Anne Maddow (born April 1, 1973) is an American radio personality, television host, and political commentator. Her syndicated talk radio program, The Rachel Maddow Show, airs on Air America Radio. Maddow also hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC; she is a former guest host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann and other MSNBC shows. Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States.
Early life and education
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Personal life
Maddow lives in Manhattan and rural Western Massachusetts with her partner, artist Susan Mikula. The couple met in 1999, when Mikula hired Maddow, who was then working on her doctoral dissertation, to do yard work at her home. She does not own a television set, but reportedly is committed to getting one so that Mikula can watch her show. As of 2009, Maddow and Mikula do not plan to be married, though living in Massachusetts gives them the option.
Honors and awards
- Maddow was named in Out magazine's "Out 100" list of the "gay men and women who moved culture" in 2008.
- Maddow was voted "Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year (American)" in AfterEllen's 2008 Visibility Awards.
- Maddow won a Gracie Award in 2009, presented by the American Women in Radio and Television.
- Also in 2009, Maddow was nominated for GLAAD'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.
- 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.
- In April 2009 she was named in Out magazine's Annual Power 50 List, landing at number 4.
- Maddow placed no.6 in the "2009 AfterEllen.com Hot 100" list (May 11, 2009) and no.3 in their "2009 Hot 100: Out Women" version.
- Maddow is included on a list of openly gay media professionals in The Advocate's "Forty under 40" issue of June/July 2009.
- In June 2009, Maddow's MSNBC show was the only cable news show nominated for a Television Critics Association award in the Outstanding Achievement in News and Information category.
References
- Margot Adler, Rachel Maddow: Sassy, Acerbic And — Yes — Liberal, npr.org, All Things Considered, October 23, 2008
- Weisbert, Julie (2007-08-23). "Talking things up". Bay Windows. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- Maddow the first out News Anchor of a prime-time news program
- Johnson, Ted (March 6, 2009). "Maddow's unique style spikes ratings". Variety.
- "Olbermann welcomes Rachel Maddow to MSNBC". lgbtQnews. August 19, 2008.
- Whitehill, Simcha (December 18, 2008). "The Greatest & Gayest Headlines Of 2008". The Frisky.
- ^ Goldscheider, Eric (2005-02-24). "Weekday bantering is balanced by quiet New England weekends". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- "Rachel Maddow Biography". AirAmerica.com. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- Wolgemuth, Liz (2008-09-24). "Rachel Maddow: MSNBC's Smart Hire". U.S. News & World Report.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - "The Out 100: The men and women who made 2008 a year to remember". Out Magazine. November 4, 2008.
- "The AfterEllen.com 2008 Visibility Awards". AfterEllen.com. December 17, 2008.
- Tanklefsky, David (February 24, 2009). "Rachel Maddow, Suze Orman Among the Winners of AWRT's Gracie Awards". Broadcasting & Cable.
- "Twentieth Annual GLAAD Media Award Nominees". Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. January 27, 2009.
- "Mother Jones flikr photo stream". Mother Jones. March 28, 2009.
- http://www.out.com/power50/covers.asp?category=4.%20Rachel%20Maddow
- In http://www.afterellen.com/people/2009/hot100?page=0%2C1
- http://www.afterellen.com/people/2009/outwomen
- http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid82422.asp?page=5 Forty Under 40: Media
- "Television Critics Association Announces 2009 Award Nominees". tvcritics.org.
External links
- Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC
- Rachel Maddow official site
- The Rachel Maddow Show website
- Rachel Maddow on Twitter
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