Felicia Sonmez Age, Wiki【 Washington Post 】Married, Husband, Bio

Name Felicia Sonmez

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born in 1983. As of 2025, she is around 42 years old.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Felicia Sonmez is a multi-lingual National Reporter for The Washington Post’s political news team.
Highly regarded by colleagues, Felicia is in the front line covering breaking news from The White House, Congress and the campaign trail.
She is a supporter of the #Metoo campaign following a personal experience of sexual misconduct towards her.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Felicia spent many years in Beijing but now is settled in Washington D.C. where she lives with her husband and son.
Her mother Rita holds a B.A. degree in social work.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Felicia was born in 1983. The actual date and place of birth are unknown.
Following her education at Harvard University, Felicia graduated with a BA in Government in 2005.
Felicia spent a year in advanced Chinese language study as a Blakemore Freeman Fellow at Tsinghua University.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

Felicia didn’t start out to be a journalist. On failing the Foreign Service Oral exam, she began her career in Beijing, China teaching English.
Her journalistic career began in Beijing working for the Japanese daily newspaper Yomiuni Shimbun.
She also spent four years as the correspondent for Agence France Presse & some time as Editor of The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report.
At the age of just 25, Felicia was asked to cover the 2008 US election campaign by another Japanese newspaper. This saw her assignment return to Washington D.C.
With her career moving from strength to strength she gained further experience by becoming a staff writer and co-editor of Wake Up Call, and writing for The Fix which allowed her to write her own stories.
In 2010, Felicia started her career with The Washington Post covering national politics, Congress, the 2012 campaign trail and the early days of President Obama’s second term.
Some of her early videos can be viewed on Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN).
During her career Felicia’s articles have appeared in numerous publications as well as The Washington Post, such as The Wall Street Journal, L.A Times, Huff Post, Chicago Tribune, The Independent UK and the Daily Star Lebanon.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

Felicia speaks a variety of languages – English, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.
She used to write music reviews for Harvard Crimson.
Spicy food and Milo are some of her gastronomic loves.
The sunsets in Washington captivate Felicia.
Photographing some unusual subjects is a favorite hobby for Sonmez. Off-beat pictures captured such as a twerk- off in her neighbourhood or boob cakes can be seen on her Twitter (now called X) feed @feliciasonmez.
A cat called Yogurt keeps her calm after a stressful day.
In these days of smartphone domination, Felicia would love to see remove them from the hands of youngsters & replace them with something else such as a banana.

The Kobe Bryant Incident :

In Jan 2020, Sonmez sent a tweet with a link to a 2016 Daily Beast report headlined “Kobe Bryant’s Disturbing R**e Case: The DNA Evidence, the Accuser’s Story, and the Half-Confession.” soon after his & his daughter Gianna’s death in a helicopter crash.
The timing of the tweet incensed the public & Kobe’s fans. The tweets were deleted after apparently “10,000 people” had commented and emailed Sonmez with abuse and death threats.
Following the incident, Felicia was suspended. Her employer, The Washington Post said that the tweets from her “displayed poor judgment” & “undermined the work of her colleagues.”
On the other side, a petition was started on Change.org to unsuspend her, citing that though Kobe was a gifted player, all Sonmez did was to highlight his past wrongdoings.