Jill Colvin
Jill Colvin
Jill Colvin is a White House correspondent for Associated Press and is a member of the White House press corps. [1]
Career
Jill Colvin began her career in 2008 as an Intern at The Washington Post. In summer of 2009, she served as an Intern at The Globe and Mail. From 2010-2013, she worked as a Reporter/Producer at DNAinfo. In April 2013, Jill joined New York Observer as a Senior Political Reporter, but quit it in May 2014. In 2014, Jill became a National Political Reporter at Associated Press. Since 2017, she has been a White House Reporter at Associated Press.[4]
Education
She obtained a Master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2009 as well as a MSc Sociology from School of Economics and Social Sciences in 2008. Before that, she earned a BA in Sociology, Psychology from Columbia University in 2007.[4]
Personal Life
Jill is married to Jeremy Herb, a National Security Reporter at CNN. They met each other at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2008.[8]
Trivia
Colvin told Politico about her start in journalism:
"I’d worked at my college paper and done several journalism internships, but never thought it was something I’d do as a career until I was in grad school in London, getting a master’s degree in sociology, and bored out of my mind.
I cold-called and emailed every news organization in the city until finally The Washington Post’s lovely bureau chiefs at the time responded and decided to let me help out around the office with some research and reporting.
Watching them work together on a series about injustices against women around the world was inspiring, and I was hooked."[13]
Being asked about a fun fact that people in Washington, D.C. might not know her, Colvin said:
"I’ve seen Third Eye Blind in concert twice this year.
And I don’t regret it."[13]