Mary Katharine Ham
American journalist (born 1980)
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Mary Katharine Ham (born April 5, 1980) is an American journalist and political commentator. She has worked as a contributing editor for Townhall and Hot Air, written for The Federalist, and served as a CNN contributor. In 2024, she rejoined Fox News as a contributor and also writes columns for the sports-and-commentary site OutKick.[1][2]
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Mary Katharine Ham | |
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Ham in 2016 | |
| Born | April 5, 1980 |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Jake Brewer
(m. 2011; died 2015)Steve Fountain (m. 2020) |
| Children | 4 |
Career
Ham wrote for the Richmond County Daily Journal, Townhall.com where she was a columnist and managing editor, and The Washington Examiner.[3] Her video blog series for Townhall.com, HamNation, won a Golden Dot award for Best Vlog of 2006 from the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and her HamNation video, "Sopranos DC," was voted "Video of the Year" in the 2007 Weblog Awards.[4] The series ended in June 2008.[5]
Ham was a host of The Morning Majority (5–9 a.m., Monday–Friday) on WMAL (simulcast on 105.9 FM and 630 AM) in Washington, D.C., until March 5, 2012.[6]
She took part in ABC News’ Republican primary debate in Goffstown, New Hampshire, on February 6, 2016, posing questions alongside moderators David Muir and Martha Raddatz and WMUR’s Josh McElveen.[7][8]
At the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference, she was presented with the American Conservative Union Blogger of the Year award.[9][10]
In October 2022, Ham wrote that she had been quietly suspended by CNN for about seven months; media coverage at the time summarized her account, which followed criticism she had made of former CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin’s Zoom incident. She subsequently left the network.[11][12]
In June of 2024 she joined Fox News as a contributor. She also works for Fox's sports and commentary site, OutKick.[13]
Ham co-hosts the news-and-culture podcast Getting Hammered with journalist Vic Matus, distributed by Nebulous; the show has released hundreds of episodes since 2021.[14][15]
Personal life
Ham was married to Jake Brewer, a White House aide.[16] The couple married in 2011; two years later, Ham gave birth to their first child, a girl.[17] Brewer died from serious injuries sustained in a bicycle accident on September 19, 2015, while Ham was in her third trimester of pregnancy with their second baby.[18] Ham gave birth to their second child, a girl, in late 2015.[19]
She remarried on March 7, 2020,[20] to Steve Fountain, a man "who has no social media presence."[21] Ham has three daughters and a son.[22][23]
Ham describes her political leaning as "primarily fiscal- and security-conscious conservative."[24]
Bibliography
- Ham, Mary Katharine; Guy Benson (2015). End of Discussion: How the Left's Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun). Crown Forum (Random House). ISBN 978-0-553-44775-0.[25][26]
