Peter Hamby

Peter Hamby

Peter Hamby is a national political reporter for CNN, based in the Washington bureau. He reports on campaigns and politics across multiple platforms for CNN’s domestic and international television networks and covers digital politics for CNN.com. He covered the 2012 presidential race, with a focus on the Republican primary contest and Mitt Romney’s campaign. During the 2008 race, he was an embedded producer and off-air reporter covering the campaigns of Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Sarah Palin. Hamby joined CNN in 2005 as producer on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. While a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center, he looked into the impact of online journalism on the transparency of political campaigns.

Peter Hamby

Peter Hamby to Oversee New Snapchat News Initiative

January 14, 2016 —  Peter Hamby, spring 2013 fellow, who joined Snapchat last April to lead its news efforts, will expand his oversight to another department, Local Stories. Read more in Variety. Also listen to audio from Hamby’s recent talk about Snapchat in the 2016 election.  

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Peter Hamby Discusses News at Snapchat, Social Media on the Campaign Trail

September 29, 2015 — Peter Hamby, Head of News at Snapchat and a political contributor for CNN, discussed how Snapchat creates news stories, how campaigns are using the platform, and the ever-evolving relationship between social media and journalism. Hamby is known as an early adopter of social media platforms, and as a spring 2013 fellow at the

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First Look: HAMBYCAST!

CNN’s resident Boy on the Bus, Peter Hamby, former Joan Shorenstein Fellow, is taking viewers into the world of political campaigns through his own personal lens with the launch of [a weekly] Hambycast….In the debut episode, Hamby proves he has the best job in journalism as he cracks a beer with college football fans, like Texas Governor Rick Perry, while tailgating at the University of South Carolina. … [P]roduced in partnership by CNNPolitics and CNN Digital Studios. Continue reading…

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Peter Hamby

Peter Hamby to Oversee New Snapchat News Initiative

January 14, 2016 —  Peter Hamby, spring 2013 fellow, who joined Snapchat last April to lead its news efforts, will expand his oversight to another department, Local Stories. Read more in Variety. Also listen to audio from Hamby’s recent talk about Snapchat in the 2016 election.  

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Peter Hamby

Peter Hamby Discusses News at Snapchat, Social Media on the Campaign Trail

September 29, 2015 — Peter Hamby, Head of News at Snapchat and a political contributor for CNN, discussed how Snapchat creates news stories, how campaigns are using the platform, and the ever-evolving relationship between social media and journalism. Hamby is known as an early adopter of social media platforms, and as a spring 2013 fellow at the

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Peter Hamby

First Look: HAMBYCAST!

CNN’s resident Boy on the Bus, Peter Hamby, former Joan Shorenstein Fellow, is taking viewers into the world of political campaigns through his own personal lens with the launch of [a weekly] Hambycast….In the debut episode, Hamby proves he has the best job in journalism as he cracks a beer with college football fans, like Texas Governor Rick Perry, while tailgating at the University of South Carolina. … [P]roduced in partnership by CNNPolitics and CNN Digital Studios. Continue reading…

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