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Name Julie Bykowicz

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB August 6, 1979. As of 2024, she is around 45 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner / Boyfriend Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Julie Bykowicz is a political reporter who has worked from 2015 to 2017 as a White House Correspondent for the Associated Press. Since October 2017, Julie is working as a National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

  • Julie Bykowicz is originally from Lansing, Michigan, & was born in the year 1979.
  • Julie attended the Heritage Middle School, and then the Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing, Michigan, in 1994.
  • She won gold at a state science fair competition for her district together with Chrissy Wysocki.
  • She graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2001.
  • While she was there, she was editor for her college newsletter called The Maneater.
  • She was also president for the Missouri College Media Association, which is a statewide organization.
  • Julie is married to Thomas Foulkes. She currently resides in Baltimore with her husband and son, Lewis (born in 2014).
  • Her husband Thomas is a consultant engineer, providing mechanical and electrical services under his own company – Thomas Foulkes LLC.

Journalism Career, Salary and Net Worth :

  • Upon her graduation, Julie wrote for the Baltimore Sun for a decade.
  • There she covered a wide range of topics from state politics to city crimes. Some of her reports include the indictment, trial and conviction of a Baltimore mayor in a corruption case, and investigation of the Virginia Tech shooting cover-up.
  • In August 2011, Julie joined Bloomberg as a national political reporter in Washington, D.C. There she focused on the influence of money in politics, which was detailed in her coverage of the 2012 presidential race.
  • She has also written on transportation security issues, which appeared on Bloomberg, Business Week & other publications.
  • After nearly 4 years with Bloomberg, Julie joined the Associated Press for a similar role, also reporting on money trails behind the scenes of campaigns.
  • In January 2017, she was promoted as a White House Correspondent with the Associated Press. She left Associated Press in Sep 2017 and started working soon as a National Politics Reporter for The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
  • Aside from her official job with WSJ, Bykowicz also write articles for a majority of news publications such as Fortune, The Seattle Times, SavannahNow and the Denver Post to name a few.
  • As one of the leading experts in her field of reporting, she was among one of 3 people interviewed to produce a guide to investigate campaign advertising by the IRE Conference Blog.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • Bykowicz is quite popular on Twitter (now called X), with a mass following of over 20,000.
  • She enjoys listening to the music bands The Bad Bees & Sac Au Lait.
  • One of her favorite dinner places is the De Kleine Duivel restaurant in Baltimore.
  • She also does yoga at the M.Power Yoga Studio.
  • She is part of the Mount Royal Improvement Association, which is a local society with a mission to improve the quality of life in Bolton Hill, Baltimore. She is also a member of her local neighbourhood watch Facebook group.

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