The Playhouse Parlor: Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan

Renowned journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan have covered recent events at the White House closer than any other reporter working today. Their new book Regime Change covers the whirlwind first year of Trump’s second presidency. Based on hundreds of interviews and exclusive access to the president’s inner circle, this definitive and timely achievement is the latest example of Haberman and Swan’s ongoing ability to navigate an increasingly challenging media landscape for journalists on the frontlines of world politics. Perri Peltz will lead a conversation with Haberman and Swan about the many insights they’ve gleaned about American governance on the job as well as the challenges they face on a regular basis.

Hosted and Curated by Perri Peltz and Samantha Boardman

Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent for The New York Times. A New York City native, Haberman worked at the New York Post, New York Daily News, and Politico, before joining the Times in 2015. She has covered six US presidential elections and several gubernatorial and New York City mayoral races. She was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on President Trump’s advisers and their connections to Russia. In 2021, she was part of a team that was a Pulitzer finalist for coverage of President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus. She has received the White House Correspondents’ Association’s Aldo Beckman Award, as well as the Newswomen’s Club of New York’s Front Page Award for Journalist of the Year. She is the author of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. She lives in New York City with her husband and their three children.

Jonathan Swan is a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Originally from Sydney, Australia, he has reported on Donald Trump since 2015, covering all three of his campaigns and his first term in office. Previously at Axios and The Hill,he won an Emmy Award for his 2020 interview of then-President Trump and received the White House Correspondents’ Association’s Aldo Beckman Award. He began his career as a teenage copy boy at a Sydney newspaper and later covered