Peter Hamby

Peter Hamby is a national political reporter for CNN, based in the network's Washington bureau. He reports on campaigns and politics for CNN’s domestic and international television networks as well as for CNN.com. He most recently covered the 2012 presidential race, with a focus on the Republican primary contest and Mitt Romney’s campaign. After the 2012 campaign, POLITICO named Hamby was one of "10 Breakout Reporters of 2012." He is a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he recently wrote a study about the impact of Twitter on media behavior and campaign press strategy. Hamby is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University.