Julie Mason

Julie Mason (born December 11, 1966)[1] is a journalist and the host of "The Julie Mason Show" on SiriusXM radio's POTUS channel. Previously, she hosted "Julie Mason Mornings" and "The Press Pool" on POTUS.[2]

Julie Mason
Mason in 2020
Born (1966-12-11) December 11, 1966
NationalityAmerican
Alma materLawrence Academy
American University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • radio personality
Spouse
David Messina
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(m. 1996)​

Professional life

Mason was a White House correspondent for the Houston Chronicle,[3] Washington Examiner and Politico during the George W. Bush administration and the first term of Barack Obama's administration. She was with the Chronicle for twenty years.[4]

Mason's first job was as a clerk in the Washington bureau of the Dallas Morning News, and In 1988 she went to Texas to work as a reporter with the Houston Chronicle. She was transferred to the newspaper's Washington bureau in 2001 but was laid off in 2008[1] while serving as the paper's White House correspondent. She worked at the Washington Examiner as a White House reporter until 2010, when she joined Politico's White House team.[5][6] She joined SiriusXM in 2011.[7][8] In 2014, Mason received the Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in the Media for outstanding achievement as a radio talk show host.[4] She has been the secretary and a board member of the White House Correspondents' Association.[2][4]

She has been noted for her impressions of notable figures such as Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren and John Boehner.[9][10] Readers of FishbowlDC in 2012 voted Mason "class clown" of the Washington press corps.[11]

One report said that Mason is known for her "bawdy personality and quick wit."[2] Television commentator Bill O'Reilly in 2014 called her a "loon" because, according to him, she suggested that he and Glenn Beck may have damaged the Fox News "brand."[2]

In 2011, White House press secretary Jay Carney called one of Mason's stories "partisan, inflammatory and tendentious," and U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Tommy Vietor sent her an e-mail that included an animated picture of a crying mime, a "visual suggestion that she was whining," according to Washington Post columnist Paul Farhi.[12]

Personal life

Mason grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, graduated from Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts, and attended American University in Washington, D.C.[13]

In May 1996, she married David Messina of Houston in the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, where a Presley impersonator walked her down the aisle and serenaded her afterward.[14][15]

In 2011, she lived in Washington, in the Dupont-Logan-U Street-Columbia Heights area.[8]

Mason is a reader of Tarot cards.[16]

Quotations
  • Tara Parker-Pope recalled that when she and Mason were reporters on the Houston Chronicle, the former stopped by Mason's desk to ask a question. Mason turned around "to show me I had her full attention" and said, "I've always got five minutes for a friend."[17]
  • Laura Bush was the "iron rod" at George W. Bush's back. "She keeps him from going too far off the deep end when he gets all caught up in his cock-of-the-walk behavior."[18]

References
  1. "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Julie Mason, host of SiriusXM's 'Press Pool'". politico.com. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. Peter Ogburn, "Behind the Scenes With the Bawdy Julie Mason," FishbowlDC, April 26, 2012
  3. Mason, Julie. "Julie Mason on about.me". about.me. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  4. Judy Kurtz, "A Clash fan who wants to interview Obama over 'strong cocktails,' The Hill, June 12, 2014
  5. "Julie Mason is Getting Sirius". Borderstan. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  6. "Behind the Scenes With the Bawdy Julie Mason". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  7. "Top White House reporter Julie Mason heading to radio | Planet Washington blog". blogs.mcclatchydc.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  8. Michelle Lancaster, "Meet Julie Mason, White House Correspondent, Neighbor," Borderstan, January 12, 2011
  9. T.J. Clemente, "Julie Mason Shining Brightly by the Press Pool," East Hampton Patch, March 5, 2016
  10. "An Elizabeth Warren impersonation you need to hear". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  11. "Fishbowl Summer Superlatives - THE RESULTS!". Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  12. Paul Farhi, "Journalists Complain the White House Press Office Has Become Overly Combative," The Washington Post, December 22, 2011
  13. "Julie Mason: A Clash Fan Who Wants to Interview Obama Over 'Strong Cocktails,'" The Hill, June 12, 2014
  14. "Well, It's One Way to Avoid the In-Laws," The Boston Globe, May 311, 1996, image 48
  15. Clark County, Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-1966, Las Vegas, Nevada
  16. "Birthday of the Day: Julie Mason, host of SiriusXM's 'Press Pool," Politico, December 11, 2018
  17. "How to Be a Better Friend," The New York Times, undated
  18. "Reading the Leaves About Laura Bush," The Boston Globe, January 19, 2001, image 56
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