Lisa Lerer AP Bio, Wikipedia, Wedding, Age, Education, Biography, Married

Name Lisa Lerer

Birthday / Date of Birth / How old is Lisa Lerer Age Born in 1980. As of 2025, she is around 45 years old.

Marital Status / Husband / Married / Partner Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

Wiki Bio / Profile Background

Introduction :

Lisa Lerer is a political reporter who previously worked as a correspondent on the 2016 Presidential Candidate Hilary Clinton’s campaign trail.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Lisa grew up split between two states – New York and Pennsylvania.
Parents : She is the daughter of two authors, and as such, she has said she always felt that she would have a career that involved writing.
From a young age, Lerer was described as mostly introverted but with an outspoken streak when she needed to get her point across.
Since November 2010, Lisa is married to Marcus Bleyer. Marc is a Columbia University graduate & has worked for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. The couple has two children.
Is Lisa Lerer related to Jim Lehrer / Jim Lerer? : Jim was an American journalist who worked for PBS and passed away in January 2020. Jim was married to his wife, Kate for close to four decades. Jim had three daughters – Amanda, Lucy, and Jamie. But Lisa and Jim are not related. The confusion stems mostly from the fact that their last names are similar.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

After doing well in high school, Lisa gained acceptance into the University of Pennsylvania. She has said that the work she did on her high school newspaper and the debating team helped her greatly with her college application.
She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Communications degree and a major in Political Science.
From there, she went on to attend the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University where she earned her Master’s degree.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

Lerer’s first big role out of University was as an online journalist with “The National Journal.” She stayed with that company for 1 year before accepting an offer as a reporter for the American Lawyer Magazine.
In September 2006, she began a brief job with Forbes, although she only stayed in that role for a few months.
In May 2007, she began working for The Politico as a staff writer and reporter. She has said that this was the first role that really let her sink her teeth into political reporting, and she is very grateful for that.
Her next role saw her working as a White House Correspondent for Bloomberg News from 2010 to 2014. During this time, she got to travel with former President Barack Obama.
After taking a few months off towards the end of 2014, Lisa resumed her career in March of 2015 & began her role with the Associated Press as their political reporter. She was initially in charge of following the campaign of Hilary Rodham Clinton. However, post-elections, she started work as a general political reporter.
In August 2018, Lisa quit AP and joined the New York Times as a reporter. She is also seen on PBS and CNN as a political analyst during panel discussions.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

Lisa was an identified member of the 400-strong progressive journalist community “JournoList” until it was closed in 2010.
The group famously coordinated with each other to ensure that positive messages were being presented about Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, while less favorable things were published about Sarah Palin.
Other notable members of this community were Chris Hayes, Jeffrey Toobin and Ezra Klein.

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